kersey

American  

[kur-zee] / ˈkɜr zi /

noun

plural

kerseys

1. a heavy overcoating of wool or wool and cotton, similar to beaver and melton.

2. a coarse twilled woolen cloth with a cotton warp, used especially for work clothes.

3. a garment made of kersey.

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kersey British  

/ ˈkɜːzɪ /

noun

1. a smooth woollen cloth used for overcoats, etc

2. a twilled woollen cloth with a cotton warp

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Etymology

Origin of kersey

1400–50; late Middle English; perhaps after Kersey, in Suffolk, England

Example Sentences

We packed big tents on company streets around a chuck wagon where a massive man in comically wide blue kersey trousers served up cold cuts and shoofly pie.

From Salon • May 28, 2017

While I looked them over, Sander rummaged through an ironbound chest and tossed me a short kersey tunic and a pair of plain breeches.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

“A sorry kersey of twenty pence the yard!”

From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah

I won considerable merit, when I brought in a kersey cap that I got for seventy-five cents, and lost much when I reluctantly admitted the price of my brown suit.

From Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker by Walker, Charles Rumford

You don’t look for kersey at elevenpence to be even with that at half-a-crown, now, do you? but you’ll never repent buying this, I promise you.”

From The King's Daughters by Holt, Emily Sarah