kendal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant
    Kendal green.

WordNet


Ken"dal green`, Ken"dal (Also<
  • Kendal green
  • Kendal
)
Definitions
  1. A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
    How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green ? Shak.

Webster 1913