kerseymere

American  

[kur-zee-meer] / ˈkɜr ziˌmɪər /

noun

1. a heavily fulled woolen cloth constructed in twill weave and finished with a fine nap.

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kerseymere British  

/ ˈkɜːzɪˌmɪə /

noun

1. a fine soft woollen cloth of twill weave

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Etymology

Origin of kerseymere

First recorded in 1775–85; kersey + (cassi)mere

Example Sentences

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kerseymere

A short squab man, in a light wig, kerseymere breeches, and a blue Quaker-cut coat, he was not, to look at, a very formidable object.

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

There upon the floor lay the body of a man, a well-dressed man, wearing the white kerseymere trousers, the light waistcoat, and long-tailed green coat which were then in vogue.

From The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood by Arthur Griffiths

Cobbett at the time had on a remarkably dirty pair of old drab kerseymere breeches.

From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 by Henry Hunt

Of a Sunday, with their blue coats and kerseymere knee-breeches, and jolly red laces, they looked more like country squires than common farmers. 

From East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

And his wife took care that his rich red hood, kerseymere small-clothes, and black silk stockings upon calves of dignity, were such that his congregation scorned the surgeons all the way to Beverley.

From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore