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kersey

[ kur-zee ]

noun

, plural ker·seys.
  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.


kersey

/ ˈkɜːzɪ /

noun

  1. a smooth woollen cloth used for overcoats, etc
  2. a twilled woollen cloth with a cotton warp
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kersey1

1400–50; late Middle English; perhaps after Kersey, in Suffolk, England
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kersey1

C14: probably from Kersey, village in Suffolk
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Example Sentences

When I called, the Jackie Joyner Kersey Foundation answered.

Hence Kersey, by a misprint, gives 'cherisaunei, comfort'; which Chatterton adopted.

"We has a bolt o' moleskin and a bolt o' kersey cloth," said Mrs. Twig.

One of the groomes of your wardrobe, come, uncase, uncase; byr Lady a good Kersey.

It is named from an English town, Kersey, where from the eleventh to the fifteenth century a large woolen trade was carried on.

Beaver—Similar to Kersey, but with a longer nap, soft, thick nap inside.

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Kerry Hillkerseymere