Etymology

hoddengray

H4O1D2D2E1N1G2R1A1Y4

Today it means: A coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scottish peasants. Full definition →

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Perhaps related to English hoiden (“rustic, clownish”) and gray.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.