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

Three years later, the price of a yard of cassimere in America was $300, and of a yard of jean and habit cloth $60.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce

To be sure, fine black cloth or cassimere is the most fashionable for mourning coats.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie

The room was hung in blue silk, with white ornaments; the furniture was in white cassimere touched with blue.

From Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honoré de Balzac

They were mainly in rough best suits of gray, or ostentatiously striped cassimere.

From A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West by Hamlin Garland

Your trousers too, which you have made of fustian, of cassimere, of Scotch plaid, of jane, nankeen, and woollen broadcloth, are they not manifold?

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various