cassimere
or cas·i·mere, cas·i·mire
[kas-uh-meer]
- a twill-weave, worsted suiting fabric, often with a striped pattern.
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Origin of cassimere
First recorded in 1695–1705; variant of cashmere
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Three years later, the price of a yard of cassimere in America was $300, and of a yard of jean and habit cloth $60.
Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2)Wiliam Cabell Bruce
Trousers—To match coat, or striped worsted or cassimere with morning coat.
The Copeland MethodVanness Copeland
Trousers—Dark narrow grey or light stripe worsted or cassimere.
The Copeland MethodVanness Copeland
One of the pieces of cassimere was dyed with a claret tinge, from which I had my first Sunday suit.
Charles Carleton CoffinWilliam Elliot Griffis, D. D.
cassimere
casimere
- a woollen suiting cloth of plain or twill weave
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Word Origin
C18: variant of cashmere, from Kashmir
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