kersey
noun
a heavy overcoating of wool or wool and cotton, similar to beaver and melton.
kerseys
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pluralof kersey.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 Donald G. Mitchell
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 David Hume
Such goods as beavers, kerseys, meltons, and fancy cassimeres are seldom fulled more than one-sixth of their woven width, while worsted goods are shrunk but a small fraction of their woven width.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley
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 James Payn
I intend God willing to goe to Lampas, if I doe I will take foure or fiue kerseys with me, but as for money there is small store here to carie.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 by Richard Hakluyt
