Definitions
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
Word origin
From the Middle English Gene (“Genoa”), from the Old French Jannes. Bleu de Gênes (“Genovese blue”) was a blue dye made in Genoa used to tint the denim cloth produced in Nîmes (de Nîmes). Doublet of Genoa and Geneva and distantly related to knee.
Used in a sentence
“She wore a tattered jean jacket.”
“Lastly, he took out a common frock of coarse dark jean, which he drew over his own under-clothing; and a felt hat—he had purposely left his own upstairs.”
“There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green, There's not a bonnie bird that sings But minds me o' my Jean.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Denim cloth”4 letters
02“Denim fabric”4 letters
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