tweed 的词源

1839年，作为形容词使用，最初是指一种特别用于男装的斜纹羊毛面料的贸易名称：

MICHAEL NOWAK, alias John Mazurkiewiez, was indicted for stealing on the 15th of April 2 ¼ yards of woollen cloth, called tweed, value 12s., and 2 ¼ yards of woollen cloth, called doe skin, value 17s., the goods of George Priestley Heap. [London Central Criminal Court minutes of evidence from 1839]

MICHAEL NOWAK，alias John Mazurkiewiez，因于4月15日盗窃2¼码名为tweed的羊毛布（价值12先令）和2¼码名为doe skin的羊毛布（价值17先令），被起诉。这些物品均为George Priestley Heap所有。[伦敦中央刑事法庭1839年的证据记录]

这似乎源于1834年至1838年间，Doudney & Son服装公司（地址：伦敦伦巴第街49号）在多种出版物中宣传的“Tweed Fishing or Travelling Trousers”（tweed钓鱼或旅行裤）。

So celebrated has amateur rod-fishing in the Tweed become, that the proper costume of the sportsman has now become an object of speculation among the London tailors, one of whom advertises among other articles of dress "Tweed Fishing Trousers." The anglers who have so long established their head-quarters at Kelso, for the purpose of enjoying the amusement of salmon fishing in the Tweed, have had excellent sport lately : some of the most skilful having caught five or six salmon a day, weighing from six to fourteen pounds each. [New Sporting Magazine, June 1837]

在Tweed河进行业余钓鱼活动已变得如此受欢迎，以至于运动员的合适服装如今成为伦敦裁缝们讨论的焦点，其中一位裁缝甚至在广告中推出了“Tweed Fishing Trousers”（tweed钓鱼裤）。那些长期在Kelso设立钓鱼基地，享受Tweed河鲑鱼钓鱼乐趣的钓鱼爱好者们最近钓到了不少好鱼：一些技术高超的钓手每天能钓到五六条重达六到十四磅的鲑鱼。[《新运动杂志》，1837年6月]

最终，这种面料以苏格兰的Tweed河命名。至于这个地名的来源，目前尚无解释，可能是前凯尔特人时期的非印欧语系词汇。