Seersucker
/ˈsɪɹˌsʌk.ɚ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A thin, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped, used to make clothing for summer wear. countable, uncountable
"I saw merely a lank, commonplace, and simple-looking farmer, going about his chores in faded blue overalls, a seersucker shirt, and a straw hat of the kind that is called a "cow's breakfast.""
- 2 a light puckered fabric (usually striped) wordnet
- 3 An article made from such fabric. countable
Example
More examples"I saw merely a lank, commonplace, and simple-looking farmer, going about his chores in faded blue overalls, a seersucker shirt, and a straw hat of the kind that is called a "cow's breakfast.""
Etymology
From Hindi शीरशक्कर (śīrśakkar), from Persian شیر و شکر (šir o šekar, literally “milk and sugar”), modified by folk etymology, originally alluding to the smooth (“milk”) and rough (“sugar”) surface of the stripes.