wincey
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
Historical Examples of wincey
I have six bolls of meal and seven yards of wincey going up the glen in the Salachary cart.
Gilian The DreamerNeil Munro
A merchant in Hopeton last winter donated three hundred yards of wincey to the asylum.
Anne Of Green GablesLucy Maud Montgomery
Her gypsy blood began to stir in her: the charm of her old vagabond habits asserted itself under the wincey frock and clean apron.