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A British merchant was looking over a letter about “tweels”.  The merchant mistook the name “tweel” for “Tweed”, as in the River Tweed that runs through the Scottish Textile district. The merchant advertised the goods as Tweeds, and the name stuck.

Fact Credit: Windsor Revisited by HRH The Duke of Windsor via Wikipedia