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Definition of Kerseys
1. n. pl. Varieties of kersey; also, trousers made of kersey.
Definition of Kerseys
1. Noun. (plural of kersey) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kerseys
1. kersey [n] - See also: kersey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kerseys
Literary usage of Kerseys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1846)
"John Winchcombe to my Lord Privy Seal, who had written for a thousand pieces of
kerseys. [IBID. 2 Ser. xli. 692. Ong."] *»* John Winchcombe, the writer of ..."
2. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1814)
"... quicksilver, cutlery, English broad cloths of all colours, Devonshire kerseys,
Norwich stuffs, and Muscovy hides, ..."
3. A History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860...: Comprising Annals by John Leander Bishop, Edwin Troxell Freedley, Edward Young (1868)
"During the late Rebellion the firm of Bullock's Sons had, atone time, in operation
thirteen factories, making blankets and blue or army kerseys, ..."
4. London and Middlesex: Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of by Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale (1814)
"Trie cargoes consisted principally of iron, tin, (wrought and unwrought) lead,
quicksilver, cutlery, English broad cloths of all colours, Devonshire kerseys ..."
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