kersey

American  

[kur-zee] / ˈkɜr zi /

noun

plural

kerseys

1. a heavy overcoating of wool or wool and cotton, similar to beaver and melton.

2. a coarse twilled woolen cloth with a cotton warp, used especially for work clothes.

3. a garment made of kersey.

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kersey British  

/ ˈkɜːzɪ /

noun

1. a smooth woollen cloth used for overcoats, etc

2. a twilled woollen cloth with a cotton warp

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Etymology

Origin of kersey

1400–50; late Middle English; perhaps after Kersey, in Suffolk, England

Example Sentences

We packed big tents on company streets around a chuck wagon where a massive man in comically wide blue kersey trousers served up cold cuts and shoofly pie.

From Salon • May 28, 2017

While I looked them over, Sander rummaged through an ironbound chest and tossed me a short kersey tunic and a pair of plain breeches.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

Thither, in the busy warlike days of 1813-14, had resorted dashing naval officers in their ruffled shirts, heavily laced blue coats, with their huge cocked hats, skin-tight kersey pantaloons, and tasselled half boots.

From Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 by Brady, Cyrus Townsend

He had on a light-blue kersey overcoat and a checked neckcloth.

From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton

He has thin whiskers and a moustache, and wears a gray kersey overcoat, with a great cape, and gold lace on the sleeves, and a black hat with a nodding black plume.

From My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field by Coffin, Charles Carleton