kerseymere

Alteration of cassimere.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkəːzɪmɪə/

kerseymere (countable and uncountable, plural kerseymeres)

1. A fine, twilled woollen cloth.
   • 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, William Wilson:

     I became aware of the figure of a youth about my own height, and habited in a white kerseymere morning frock, cut in the novel fashion of the one I myself wore at the moment.

• kersey