kerseymere

kerseymere

English

Etymology

Alteration of cassimere.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkəːzɪmɪə/

Noun

kerseymere (countable and uncountable, plural kerseymeres)

1. A fine, twilled woollen cloth.
   • 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘William Wilson’:

     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.

Related terms

• kersey

Translations

A fine, twilled woollen cloth

Bulgarian: кашмир m (kašmir)