Definitions for kerseys

kerseys ker·sey

Spelling: [kur-zee]
IPA: /ˈkɜr zi/

Kerseys is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in kerseys (eekrssy).

Definitions for kerseys

noun

  1. a heavy overcoating of wool or wool and cotton, similar to beaver and melton.
  2. a coarse twilled woolen cloth with a cotton warp, used especially for work clothes.
  3. a garment made of kersey.

Origin of kerseys

1400-50; late Middle English; perhaps after Kersey, in Suffolk, England

Examples for kerseys

"We has a bolt o' moleskin and a bolt o' kersey cloth," said Mrs. Twig.

Over the kersey adickey another adickey of some smooth-surfaced, strong material, preferably moleskin, should be worn.

Beaver—Similar to kersey, but with a longer nap, soft, thick nap inside.

She had a kersey coat, covered with girdles of wampom from the loins upward.

This outside adickey should of course be just enough larger than the kersey or blanket adickey to fit over it easily.

The pay was small, often but a shilling a night, and occasionally a "coat of kersey."

The common burgher in his homespun breeches and kersey coat also took a part.

kersey lake, the largest one of these explored by the party, empties into the Broadwater, a stream larger than Clarks Fork.

She had a kersey coat, and covered with girdles of wampum from the loins upward.

kersey—A heavy, closely woven cloth with a smooth face and glossy finish.

Word Value for kerseys
Scrable

13

Words with friends

12

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