wincey

British  

/ ˈwɪnsɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of wincey

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

Example Sentences

It was too dark to see his face, but I knew what it would look like: a kind of sad, wincey expression.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

The brown wincey and the coarse apron seemed to her the neophyte's robe, betokening Baubie's conversion from arab nomadism to respectability and from a vagabond trade to decorous industry.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various

"I have six bolls of meal and seven yards of wincey going up the glen in the Salachary cart."

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil

When the violent ring of the bell that announced their coming echoed through the house, Mrs. Potts had only to roll down the sleeves of her best wincey and button them at her wrists.

From Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense by Vera, [pseud.]

This morning when I left the asylum I felt so ashamed because I had to wear this horrid old wincey dress.

From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)