homespun /ˈhoʊmˌspʌn/adjective 4noun 2forms 1 adjective4 •Spun in the home. •Plain and homely; unsophisticated and unpretentious.our homespun authors must forsake the field — 1707 •Woven in the home. •Made from homespun fabric.homespun country garbs — 1855 noun2 •Fabric made from homespun yarn; clothing made from it. Also, machine made fabrics (usually cottons) similar to homespun fabrics in that solids, plaids, or stripes are created by weaving dyed threads (rather than printing), so that both sides of the fabric look the same.By this time, his rough homespun had been cast off for a suit of buff and blue, with buckskin breeches, his muddy brogans for the latest top boots. — 1927 •(no longer used) An unpolished, rustic person.What hempen home-spuns haue we swaggering here, / So neere the Cradle of the Faierie Queene? — 1595 formshomespuns
