Definition of Kersey

1. n. A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple.

Definition of Kersey

1. Noun. A type of rough woollen cloth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kersey

1. a woolen cloth [n -SEYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kersey

kerosine lamp
kerosines
kerotakis
kerotherapy
kerplop
kerplops
kerplunk
kerplunked
kerplunking
kerplunks
kerpow
kerria
kerrias
kerries
kerry
kersey (current term)
kerseymere
kerseymeres
kerseys
kerslap
kerslop
kersplat
kersplosh
kertyschoo
kerugma
kerugmata
kerve
kerved
kerver
kervers

Literary usage of Kersey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History (1903)
"kersey. THE PRIORY. After luncheon a drive was taken to the site of kersey ... They are as follows :— Of the foundation of kersey Priory no certain facts ..."

2. The State Records of North Carolina by North Carolina, Walter Clark, William Laurence Saunders, Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1910)
"kersey, John, 20. 472. kersey, John, act for town on lands of, 23. 387; 25. 252-4. ... kersey, Thos., discharged by Council of Safety, 10. 875. ..."

3. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1899)
"Of a proposal from a syndicate represented by Lord Charles Montagu, Mr. Clarence H. Mackay, and Mr. H. Maitland kersey, for construction of railway from ..."

4. Diplomatarium Anglicum Aevi Saxonici: A Collection of English Charters, from by BENJAMIN. THORPE (1865)
"... to kersey boundary ; from kersey boundary to Hadleigh boundary ; from Hadleigh boundary to ... kersey ..."

5. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"kersey lias to tabley to board, or entertain, or be entertained at one's table. But he now is come To be the musick-master; taller too He it, or would be. ..."

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