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loden [lohd-n] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates. Also called loden green. the deep olive-green color of this fabric. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of loden 1910–15; German; Old High German lodo; compare Old English lotha cloak, Old Norse lothi fur cloak, lothinn shaggy Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for loden Historical Examples of loden
While they stand at the window looking at the moon, there enters a lean, well-built, taciturn young man dressed in Loden.
The Little Dream (Second Series Plays)
John Galsworthy
It was the exact image of the engineer on the Danube boat—blue jeans, loden cloak, and all.
John Buchan
British Dictionary definitions for loden loden noun a thick heavy waterproof woollen cloth with a short pile, used to make garments, esp coats a dark bluish-green colour, in which the cloth is often made Word Origin for loden German, from Old High German lodo thick cloth, perhaps related to Old English lotha cloak Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for loden n.
“coarse woolen cloth,” 1880, from German loden “thick woolen cloth.”
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
