Hypertext Webster Gateway: "homespun"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Homespun \Home"spun\, a.
1. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse;
plain. ``Homespun country garbs.'' --W. Irving.
2. Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. ``Our
homespun English proverb.'' --Dryden. ``Our homespun
authors.'' --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Homespun \Home"spun\, n.
1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.
2. An unpolished, rustic person. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
homespun
adj 1: of textiles; having a rough surface; "a sweater knitted of
nubbly homespun yarns" [syn: {homespun(p)}, {nubby}, {nubbly},
{slubbed}, {tweedy}]
2: characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel philosophy";
"folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys" [syn: {cracker-barrel},
{folksy}]
3: made of cloth spun or woven in the home; "homespun linen";
"homespun garments"
n : a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with homespun
yarn [syn: {homespun fabric}]
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