kersey

American  

[kur-zee] / ˈkɜr zi /

noun

kerseys plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• kerseys
  plural

Etymology

Origin of kersey

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

kersey kerseys

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

The best dress livery is a frock coat, single-breasted, of kersey, the color of your livery; white buckskin riding breeches, top boots, top hat, white plastron, standing collar, and brown driving gloves.

From The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men by Germain, Walter

Well, Madam, what comes that to—the brown kersey, trow?

From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

From Samuel Colbeck, of Warley, they were alleged to have stolen sixteen yards of russet-coloured kersey, which the jury valued at 1s. per yard.

From Bygone Punishments by Andrews, William

Baizes, plain cloths, and kerseys were the most important of the manufactures, and there was some commerce in these with Spain.

From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Northcote, Rosalind

He was dressed in a blue lapelled coat, light waistcoat and kerseys, and Hessian boots.

From Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life by Payn, James

He computes, besides, that about one hundred thousand pounds a year had been lost by kerseys; not to mention other articles.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. by Hume, David

In place of Scotch kerseys, his square, massive figure is set off with the golden broidery of a diplomat.

From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.

The making of cloth, particularly Hampshire kerseys, was the staple industry of Godalming in the middle ages, but it began to decay early in the 17th century and by 1850 was practically extinct.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various