witney

W4I1T1N1E1Y4

noun

A kind of woollen cloth.

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

witney1

nounwitney (plural witneys)

plural witneys

  1. historicalA kind of woollen cloth.

Witney2

proper noun
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3510).

Origin

After Witney in Oxfordshire, where it was made.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

witney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/witney

MLA

“witney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/witney. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “witney,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/witney.

Source: witney on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.