homespun meaning

• Adjective: homespun  'howm`spún
  1. Of textiles; having a rough surface
     "a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns"
     - nubby, nubbly, slubbed, tweedy 
  2. Characteristic of country life
     "the air of homespun country boys"
     - cracker-barrel [N. Amer], folksy 
  3. Made of cloth spun or woven in the home
     "homespun linen"; "homespun garments"
  Noun: homespun  'howm`spún
  1. A rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home

  Derived forms: homespuns

  See also: homemade, rough, rural, unsmooth

  Type of: cloth, fabric, material, textile

  Encyclopedia: Homespun

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  [American slang]
  n. homemade liquor or beer.
  • Jed offered a little of his homespun round the table.
  • How about a swig of homespun?
  
  

Examples

1. the book was eventually published and became a great success under the title highland homespun.
2. trial-production of homespun with sichuan mohair
3. homespun is a cloth of coarse weave
4. homespun is a cloth of coarse weave
5. this is a homespun hat