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kerseymere|ˈkɜːzɪmɪə(r)|
Also karsimir.
[A corruption of cassimere (q.v.), due to erroneous association with kersey.]
1. a. A twilled fine woollen cloth of a peculiar texture, one-third of the warp being always above, and two-thirds below each shoot of the weft.
1798W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXV. 577 The purple kerseymere, which is essentialy requisite to this senatorial toga. 1802Med. Jrnl. VIII. 254 That kind of cloth called Karsimir is best calculated for retaining the moisture. 1813Sir R. Wilson Priv. Diary II. 187 Waggon loads of cotton goods and kerseymeres. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. xxxix, A figure..tall and physically impressive, even in his kid and kerseymere.
b. pl. (rarely sing.). Trousers made of kerseymere.
1840Hood Kilmansegg, Her first Step ii, If he had not lost some inches clear By looking down at his kerseymere. 1848Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxiv, Stripes..proceeded to gut my portmanteau, and to lay out my black kerseymeres.
2. attrib. or as adj. Made of kerseymere.
1808Jane Austen Let. 30 June (1952) 204 My kerseymere Spencer is quite the comfort of our Eveng walks. 1836Marryat Jephet xi, Silk stockings, shoes, and white kerseymere kneed breeches. 1843Borrow Bible in Spain lvii. 324/1 A man about sixty, dressed in a grey kerseymere coat. |