Kerseymere
//ˈkəːzɪmɪə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A fine, twilled woollen cloth. countable, uncountable
"I became aware of the figure of a youth about my own height, and habited in a white kerseymere morning frock, cut in the novel fashion of the one I myself wore at the moment."
Example
More examples"I became aware of the figure of a youth about my own height, and habited in a white kerseymere morning frock, cut in the novel fashion of the one I myself wore at the moment."
Etymology
Alteration of cassimere.
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