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

His hose of gray kersey, with a large slop barred all across the pocket holes with three fair guards, stitched on either side with red thread.’

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

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

While she was talking her husband had taken down the kersey, and opened it out upon the counter.

From The King's Daughters by Holt, Emily Sarah