cassimere

American  

[kas-uh-meer] / ˈkæs əˌmɪər /

Or casimere,

noun

1. a twill-weave, worsted suiting fabric, often with a striped pattern.

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cassimere British  

/ ˈkæsɪˌmɪə /

noun

1. a woollen suiting cloth of plain or twill weave

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Etymology

Origin of cassimere

First recorded in 1695–1705; variant of cashmere

Example Sentences

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cassimere

Their coats were of cheap diagonal or cassimere, much faded and burned by the sun; their hats, flapped about by winds and soaked with countless rains, were also of the same yellow-brown tints.

From Main-Travelled Roads by Garland, Hamlin

Fine woolen cassimere of medium thickness for coat, vest and pantaloons, with no cotton lining.

From Woodcraft by Sears, George Washington

"Although dressed as a laborer, in dirty overalls and filthy shirt, underneath these were fine cassimere pants, handsome, rich vest, and fine linen shirt."

From The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 by Headley, Joel Tyler

And this summer morning saw Ishmael arrayed, for the first time in his life, in a neat, well-fitting dress suit of light gray cassimere, made by the Baymouth tailor.

From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

She wore a wrapper of lavender cassimere to-day, elaborately trimmed with lace and knots of pink ribbon.

From Elsie Marley, Honey by Gray, Joslyn