kerseymere

How to use kerseymere in a sentence

• kerseymere—A fine, twilled, woolen cloth of peculiar texture, one thread of warp and two of wool being always above.

  Textiles and Clothing | Kate Heintz Watson

• There had entered upon the down from another direction several battalions of foot, in white kerseymere breeches and cloth gaiters.

  The Trumpet-Major | Thomas Hardy

• He rapped with the knuckles of his left hand on his white kerseymere waistcoat.

  Aunt Rachel | David Christie Murray

• And when he came he had quite forgotten to dust the knees of some fine kerseymere, and the shins of black silk stockings.

  The Maid of Sker | Richard Doddridge Blackmore

• I brought him a new pair of fine, drab-coloured kerseymere trowsers that had never been worn.

  Life in the Backwoods | Susanna Moodie