kersey noun & adjective. ['kǝ:zi] Now rare. LME.
[Prob. from Kersey in Suffolk: cf. Anglo-Latin pannus cersegus, carsea, Anglo-Norman drap de kersy.]
A. noun. Pl. -seys, -sies.
1. A kind of coarse cloth woven from short-stapled wool. LME.

2. A make or variety of kersey (usu. in pl.). Formerly also, a piece of kersey of a definite size. LME.

3. In pl. Trousers made of kersey. M19.
b. attrib. or as adjective.
1. Made of kersey. L16.
■ T. Keneally He had good kersey breeches on.

2. fig. Plain, homely. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.

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