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

Of all these, nothing now remained; but she could feel the good stuff of the red kersey under her little needle-scratched fingers, and see the glow of its rich color against her wind-kissed brown cheek.

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth

This prisoner, so rosy and plump, was attired in a long and warm dressing-gown of gray kersey, with pantaloons of the same down to his feet.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

He could not be above seventeen, was ruddy, well featured enough, with uncombed flaxen hair, a little flapped hat, kersey frock, yarn stockings, in short, a perfect plough boy.

From Memoirs Of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by Cleland, John