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Meaning of KENDAL GREEN

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant
 
 Synonyms: Kendal
 
 See Also: dye, dyestuff

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ken"dal green`\, or Kendal \Ken"dal\
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.
 

 

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