Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A durable, water-repellent, coarse woolen fabric used chiefly for coats and jackets.
- noun A deep olive green.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A thick waterproof cloth used for garments.
- noun A dark green colour, like that of loden cloth.
- adjective Of a dark green colour, like that of loden cloth.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word loden.
Examples
-
It had a Red Riding Hood thing going, with models dressed in loden and purple, dressed for a hunt in the forrest.
Brioni Aims for Powerful, Mature Women Christina Binkley 2011
-
It included a rusty brown outerwear jacket with detachable fur-edged hood; a sleek charcoal cashmere round-necked dress with three-quarter-length sleeves; a loden green zipped jacket worn over a pencil skirt; a navy, three - quarter-length coat with an off-side zipper that was so "Jackie" and wearable and chic.
Nancy Marks: Get to Know: Isaac Mizrahi Nancy Marks 2010
-
Evenings are rife with simple black dressing, but day calls for entrance-making loden jackets, cinched at the waist and accented with a puff of fur or a rhinestone-embellished belt.
Felicia C. Sullivan: Sneak a Coveted Peek: LOFT Holiday 2010 2010
-
Yes, loden green and navy blue will be standing front and center on your rack, and they are ideal investments—very slimming too.
The Style Checklist Lloyd Boston 2010
-
Yes, loden green and navy blue will be standing front and center on your rack, and they are ideal investments—very slimming too.
The Style Checklist Lloyd Boston 2010
-
The first thing you notice is Isaac's great sense of color: luscious deep red, tangerine, pinkberry, loden, beautiful shades of blue and gold.
Nancy Marks: Get to Know: Isaac Mizrahi Nancy Marks 2010
-
Yes, loden green and navy blue will be standing front and center on your rack, and they are ideal investments—very slimming too.
The Style Checklist Lloyd Boston 2010
-
He is wearing his loden coat, one of those hooded Tyrolean things of coarse cloth with wooden toggles for buttons.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
-
He is wearing his loden coat, one of those hooded Tyrolean things of coarse cloth with wooden toggles for buttons.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
-
Probably not, because her body had been found still wearing that loden coat.
Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008
bilby commented on the word loden
"He wore a green loden coat and a hunter's hat and held a rifle at the ready as though at any moment he might raise it and blow some small animal to pieces."
- 'The Colour Of Blood', Brian Moore.
January 3, 2008
seanahan commented on the word loden
A fabric used in coats, the color of a deep olive-green.
January 4, 2008