linsey-woolsey
Linen-wool blend
Linsey-woolsey is a coarse fabric woven from linen and wool, once common for everyday clothing among working people and frontier settlers.
The term sometimes describes any rough, homespun cloth.
Figuratively, it can mean a hodgepodge or something of mixed, incongruous parts: a linsey-woolsey of borrowed ideas.
Plain and unpretentious
- weaveInterlace strands into fabric
- loomFabric-making frame
- threadFiber for stitching
- warpBend from true form
weft · cloth · textile · handwoven · cotton · flax · yarn · fiber
Combine into mixture
- hybridThing of mixed parentage
- mixtureCombined but unbonded substances
- combinationJoining of multiple elements
- compositeMade of distinct parts
Rough in texture
- roughUneven in surface
- scratchyRough and irritating
- itchyProvoking scratching urges
- stiffNot easily bent
harsh · durable · sturdy · rugged · homely · plain · serviceable · hardwearing
Early explorer or settler
- 18th-centuryThe seventeen hundreds
- 19th-centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- frontierEdge of settlement
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
homestead · plantation · antebellum · reenactment · heritage · traditional · heirloom · quilting
Confused, disorderly mixture
- jumbleConfused disorderly collection
- mishmashDisorderly mixture of elements
- motleyVaried, incongruous mixture
- incongruousNot fitting together harmoniously
patchwork · makeshift · haphazard · medley · assortment · miscellany · mongrel · confused
homespun
Plain and unpretentious
warp · weft · cloth · textile · handwoven · cotton · flax · yarn · fiber · spinning
blend
Combine into mixture
- hybridThing of mixed parentage
- mixtureCombined but unbonded substances
- combinationJoining of multiple elements
coarse
Rough in texture
stiff · harsh · durable · sturdy · rugged · homely · plain · serviceable · hardwearing · practical
pioneer
Early explorer or settler
- 18th-centuryThe seventeen hundreds
- 19th-centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- frontierEdge of settlement
settler · homestead · plantation · antebellum · reenactment · heritage · traditional · heirloom · quilting · craftsmanship
hodgepodge
Confused, disorderly mixture
- jumbleConfused disorderly collection
- mishmashDisorderly mixture of elements
- motleyVaried, incongruous mixture
incongruous · patchwork · makeshift · haphazard · medley · assortment · miscellany · mongrel · confused · disorderly