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 Literature

Faith now, says she, In my wincey jacket!

From Project Gutenberg

She was barefooted, as Eppie always was except on Sundays, and wore a coarse, gray wincey dress and a big apron.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg