Definition of "kerseymere" []

• A fine woolen cloth with a fancy twill weave. (noun)

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• "The fashion of the time required men to wear at a ball white kerseymere breeches and silk stockings."
• "Mr. Scully had a brand-new blue coat and brass buttons, buff waistcoat, white kerseymere tights, pumps with large rosettes, and pink silk stockings."
• "The tailor loved the little boy with all his soul; he attended his mother to her churching, and the child to the font; and, as a present to his little godson on his christening, he sent two yards of the finest white kerseymere in his shop, to make him a cloak."