wincey

/ (ˈwɪnsɪ) /

noun

British a plain- or twill-weave cloth, usually having a cotton or linen warp and a wool filling

Words nearby wincey

win some, lose some, win this one for the gipper, win through, win-win, wince, wincey, winceyette, winch, winchell, winchester, winchester bushel

Word Origin for wincey

C19: of Scottish origin, probably an alteration of woolsey as in linsey-woolsey

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Examples from the Web for wincey

I have six bolls of meal and seven yards of wincey going up the glen in the Salachary cart.
Gilian The Dreamer|Neil Munro
A merchant in Hopeton last winter donated three hundred yards of wincey to the asylum.
Anne Of Green Gables|Lucy Maud Montgomery