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kersey

Syllables: ker·sey/ˈkɜːzi/US/ˈkɝzi/

kersey noun: a type of rough woollen cloth.

Noun

kersey (countable and uncountable, plural kerseys)

  1. A type of rough woollen cloth.
    • Hencefoorth my wooing minde ſhalbe expreſt / In ruſſet yeas, and honeſt kerſie noes.c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby...
    • [T]here was a Report, that one of our Ships having by Stealth delivered her Cargo, among which was ſome Bales of Engliſh Cloth, Cotton, Kerſyes, and ſuch like Goods, the Spaniards cauſed all the Goods to be burnt, and puniſhed the Men with Death who were concern'd in carrying them on Shore.1722, [Daniel Defoe], A Journal of the Plague Year, London: Printed for E[lizabeth] Nutt at the Royal-Exchange; J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane; A. Dodd without Temple-Bar; and J. Graves in St....

Proper noun capitalized: Kersey

Kersey (countable and uncountable, plural Kerseys)

  1. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL999904).
    • The village itself, however, is invisible until you come to a corner with an archaic wooden pump high on the right bank, turn, and then suddenly, there it is - all of Kersey, running steeply down The Street to a water-splash through a tributary of the Brett, and up again, just as steeply, to the...1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, pages 237, 240, about Kersey, Suffolk
  2. A locality in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.
  3. A town in Weld County, Colorado, United States, derived from a maiden name.
  4. An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Indiana, United States.
  5. A census-designated place in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

kersey meaning in Urdu

kersey in Urdu

موٹے اون کا کپڑا, پٹی

Forms of kersey

Noun
pluralkerseys
Proper noun
pluralKerseys

Origin of kersey

Inherited from Middle English kersey, perhaps from the village of Kersey in Suffolk, England, UK, in the region where the cloth was made.

From Old English cærse (“cress”) + īeġ (“island”).

Words formed from kersey

Words that rhyme with kersey

Questions about kersey

What does kersey mean?
Kersey means a type of rough woollen cloth.
What is kersey in Urdu?
Kersey in Urdu is موٹے اون کا کپڑا, پٹی. See Kersey meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is kersey?
Kersey can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce kersey?
Kersey is pronounced /ˈkɜːzi/ (UK).
What is the plural of kersey?
The plural of kersey is kerseys.

Words near kersey in the dictionary

  1. kersanton
  2. kersantons
  3. Kerschner
  4. Kerschners
  5. kersenneh
  6. kersey
  7. Kersey Upland
  8. kerseymere
  9. kerseymeres
  10. kerseys
  11. Kersh

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