Meaning of kersey | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A type of rough woollen cloth.
   countable, uncountable
2. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL999904).
   countable, uncountable
3. A locality in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.
   countable, uncountable
4. A town in Weld County, Colorado, United States, derived from a maiden name.
   countable, uncountable
5. An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Indiana, United States.
   countable, uncountable
6. A census-designated place in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   countable, uncountable
7. A habitational surname from Old English.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Hencefoorth my wooing minde ſhalbe expreſt / In ruſſet yeas, and honeſt kerſie noes.”

“[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.”

“In Adirondac lakes, / At morn or noon, the guide⟳ rows bareheaded: / Shoes, flannel shirt, and kersey trousers make⟳ / His brief toilette […]”

“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 summit of Church Hill.”

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