tweed 的詞源

1839年，一種羊毛織物的商標名稱：

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]

米迦勒·諾瓦克（ alias John Mazurkiewiez ）因於4月15日盜竊喬治·普里斯特利·希普的價值12先令和17先令的羊毛布料，分別稱爲斜紋呢和鹿皮呢而被起訴。【1839年倫敦中央刑事法庭證據記錄】

這種織物最初似乎源自於道德尼和兒子服裝店在倫敦倫巴德街49號從1834年至1838年間多次刊登的“Tweed 釣魚或旅行褲”廣告。

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 的業餘釣魚已經引起了如此大的關注後，運動員的適當服飾現在已成爲倫敦裁縫商的熱門商品之一，“Tweed 釣魚褲”就是其中之一。 那些爲了在 Tweed 裏享受鮭魚釣魚樂趣而在凱爾索長期設立據點的垂釣者們近來表現非常出色：一些最有技巧的垂釣者每天都可以捕獲五六條重量從六磅到十四磅不等的鮭魚。【新體育雜誌，1837年6月】

因此最終以蘇格蘭 Tweed 的特威德河命名。這個地名還沒有解釋，可能是前凱爾特人和非印歐語系的。