kersey
[kur-zee]
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noun, plural ker·seys.
a heavy overcoating of wool or wool and cotton, similar to beaver and melton.
a coarse twilled woolen cloth with a cotton warp, used especially for work clothes.
a garment made of kersey.
Origin of kersey
1400–50; late Middle English; perhaps after Kersey, in Suffolk, England
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Historical Examples of kersey
The pay was small, often but a shilling a night, and occasionally a "coat of kersey."
Home Life in Colonial DaysAlice Morse Earle
"We has a bolt o' moleskin and a bolt o' kersey cloth," said Mrs. Twig.
Left on the LabradorDillon Wallace
She had a kersey coat, covered with girdles of wampom from the loins upward.
Captives Among the IndiansJames Smith
She had a kersey coat, and covered with girdles of wampum from the loins upward.
Captivity and RestorationMrs. Mary Rowlandson
Over the kersey adickey another adickey of some smooth-surfaced, strong material, preferably moleskin, should be worn.
Packing and PortagingDillon Wallace
kersey
noun
Word Origin for kersey
C14: probably from Kersey, village in Suffolk
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