kendal : Idioms & Phrases

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kendal green

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