HOMESPUN

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain. "Homespun country garbs." W. Irving.

2.
a.

Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. "Our homespun English proverb." Dryden. "Our homespun authors." Addison.

3.
n.

Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.

4.
n.

An unpolished, rustic person. [Obs.] Shak.


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