kerseyn.

Brit.

/ˈkəːzi/, U.S.

/ˈkərzi/

Forms: Also Middle English kerseye, Middle English–1500s carsey, carsay, 1500s carsy(e, carsoye, carssey, caresye, cassaye, kersay, karsey, 1500s–1600s karsie, carsie, carzie, 1500s–1700s kersie, kersy, 1600s kerzie.

Etymology: Possibly named from the village of Kersey in Suffolk, (compare Kendal, Worsted, etc., as names of fabrics); though evidence actually connecting the original manufacture of the cloth with that place has not been found.Historically the evidence is in favour of the name being of English origin; Caersige was the Old English form of Kersey in Suffolk (Earle Land Charters 484). Panni cersegi were manufactured in England in 1262; Kerseyes were important English exports in 1390; drap de Kersy is mentioned along with other fabrics named from places in 1399; carisies d'Angleterre are mentioned in French in 1630 (Godefroy Compl.), and kentischer kirsey in German in 1716 (Grimm). At an early date the word appears in Old French as carizé, carisé (1453 in Godefroy Compl.), later carisie and carisel. It is also common in Middle Dutch as kerseye, kaersay, carcey, etc. (modern Dutch karsaai), and is found in German as kirsei, kirschei (earlier carisey); also Danish kersei, kirsei, and Swedish kersing. Italian and Spanish carisea are apparently from the older French forms.1262 in Gross Gild Merch. II. 4 (Gild Merchant of Andover) Memorandum de illis qui ponunt lanam de Ispania in pannis cersegis [printed tersegis].1390 Rolls of Parl. III. 281/2 Les liges du Roialme qe amesnent une manere de Marchandise appellez Kerseyes as parties de dela.1390 Rolls of Parl. III. 282/1 Touchant l'envoye des ditz Kerseyes franchement.1399 Rolls of Parl. III. 437 Nul Drap de Kersy, Kendale-cloth, Frise de Coventree, Coggeware, ne nulle autre estreit ne remenant d'Engleterre, ne Drap de Gales, ne soloient..paier nul Coket ne autre Custume.

Now rare.

1. A kind of coarse narrow cloth, woven from long wool and usually ribbed.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > coarse or rough > kersey

kersey1390

1390 Earl Derby's Exp. (Camden) 89 Pro iij^bus vlnis et di. de kersey.

1481 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 17 Item, half yerd kersey for my lady.

1502 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 198 For iij elne quhit carsay to be ane cote to the King xiijs. vjd.

1543–4 Old City Acct. Bk. in Archæol. Jrnl. (1886) 43 For iij quarters of yallow carssey for hose xv¹.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 114^v The Sunne..shineth as well vpon course carsie, as cloth of tissue.

1607 S. Rowlands Dr. Merrie-man (1609) 6 The Stockings that his clownish Legges did fit, Were Kersie to the calfe, and t'other knit.

1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) II. 170 Her stockings were of Kersy green As tight as ony silk.

1770 J. Cook Jrnl. 6 Feb. (1955) I. 247 They..shew'd an extraordinary fondness for English broad Cloth and Red Kersey.

1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables i. 17 A substantial petticoat of serge or cloak of kersey.

2. With a and plural.

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†a. A piece of kersey of a definite size. Obsolete.

b. A make or variety of kersey (chiefly in plural).In the 16–17th centuries kerseys are commonly contrasted with cloths or broad-cloth; the size of the latter was fixed by the statute of 1465 as 24 yards long by 2 wide, while a kersey was only 18 yards long and a yard and a nail in width. The act of 1552 enumerates various kinds of kerseys, as ordinary, sorting, Devonshire (called dozens), and check kerseys, and fixes their length as between 17 and 18 yards; in 1557 this was reduced to between 16 and 17. About 1618 we find three kersies reckoned as equal to one cloth (see cloth n. 8).

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kersey1465

1465 Act 4 Edw. IV c. 1 Ordeignez est..que chescun drap appelle Kersie..conteigne en longeure xviij aulnes..& en laeure une aulne & la naile [etc.].

1516 Act of Common Council City of London 1 Aug. in Jrnls. (Corporation of London) (London Metropolitan Archives: COL/CC/01) XI. f. 258^v Brode Clothes Kerseyes Cottons Briggewaters ffryses Dosseyns or any other..Clothe made of Wolle.

?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors ii. sig. B1^v Demand the clothyer, if he lyued not better, whan he sold..his carseys for .xxij. or .xxiij. pownd the pack.

1569 G. Campion Let. 14 Feb. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) II. i. 115 Also we had three kintals of cotten wooll for a carsie.

1602 N. Breton Poste with Madde Packet Lett. I. sig. D3 I haue sent you ouer foure score broad cloathes, and thirtie Carzies.

1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) III. 141 The great Demand of Kerseys for cloathing the Armies abroad.

1811 J. Taylor Remarks Present State Devon in T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (new ed.) p. xxiv The Devonshire kersies were..in great request, and were generally known by the name of Tiverton kersies.

†c. plural = sense 1. Obsolete.

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kersey1567

1567 in D. Hay Fleming Mary Queen of Scots (1897) 506 Item to be cotte and hoyss of blew carsis.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 146 Short wide stockings of English cloth or Kersies.

3. plural. Trousers made of kersey.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > made from specific material

shiverines1663

nankeen1770

overall1782

corduroys1791

ducks1825

webs1825

kerseys1833

moleskin1836

cord1837

kerseymeres1840

blue jeans1842

grey1860

mole trousers1860

chaparreras1861

Bedford cord1862

velveteens1862

dungarees1872

moles1879

chaps1884

chaparejos1887

oiler1889

greyers1900

flannels1911

Levi's1926

denim1932

chino1943

wrangler1947

Bedfords1954

sweats1956

sweatpants1957

1833 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. ix, in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 677/1 Girt with thick double-milled kerseys; half-buried under shawls and broadbrims.

1864 J. Payn Lost Sir Massingberd 84 He was dressed in a blue lapelled coat, light waistcoat, and kerseys.

a. attributive or as adj. Made of kersey.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [adjective] > coarse

wadmal1522

kersey1577

minikin1604

green baize1758

hodden-clad1812

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. vii. i. 172 An English~man..contented himselfe with his fine carsie hosen.

1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 41 in Jewell House Let the same runne through a course white karsey gellie bagge.

1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. xlvii. 220 Blacke karsie stockings.

1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week ii. 37 Thy neckcloth..o'er thy Kersey Doublet spreading wide.

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. vi. 147 The old gentlemen in the kersey hood.

†b. figurative. Plain, homely. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective]

nakedOE

simplea1382

meanc1450

rural1488

misorned1512

inornate?1518

barec1540

broad1588

bald1589

kersey1598

russet1598

unvarnisheda1616

unembellished1630

illaborate1631

severe1665

renable1674

small1678

unadorned1692

inelaborate1747

unlarded1748

chaste1753

uncoloured1845

minimalist1929

spare1965

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 413 Hencefoorth my wooing minde shalbe exprest In russet yeas, and honest kersie noes.

Compounds

kersey-clothier, kersey maker.

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1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1010/2 Now it is cheeflie inhabited with merchants, kersie-clothiers, and all sorts of artificers.

1598 J. Stow Suruay of London II. v. ix. 181/1 Cloth and Kersy-making decayed.

Derivatives

† ˈkersey v. Obsolete rare to clothe in kersey.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > in specific material

fur?1370

befur1470

feather1483

case1582

kersey1628

flannel1778

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxviii. sig. N4^v When the Sun-bak'd Peasant goes to feast it with a Gentleman, hee washes, and brushes, and kersies himselfe in his Holiday cloathes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kersey
释义	kerseyn. Brit. /ˈkəːzi/, U.S. /ˈkərzi/ Forms: Also Middle English kerseye, Middle English–1500s carsey, carsay, 1500s carsy(e, carsoye, carssey, caresye, cassaye, kersay, karsey, 1500s–1600s karsie, carsie, carzie, 1500s–1700s kersie, kersy, 1600s kerzie. Etymology: Possibly named from the village of Kersey in Suffolk, (compare Kendal, Worsted, etc., as names of fabrics); though evidence actually connecting the original manufacture of the cloth with that place has not been found.Historically the evidence is in favour of the name being of English origin; Caersige was the Old English form of Kersey in Suffolk (Earle Land Charters 484). Panni cersegi were manufactured in England in 1262; Kerseyes were important English exports in 1390; drap de Kersy is mentioned along with other fabrics named from places in 1399; carisies d'Angleterre are mentioned in French in 1630 (Godefroy Compl.), and kentischer kirsey in German in 1716 (Grimm). At an early date the word appears in Old French as carizé, carisé (1453 in Godefroy Compl.), later carisie and carisel. It is also common in Middle Dutch as kerseye, kaersay, carcey, etc. (modern Dutch karsaai), and is found in German as kirsei, kirschei (earlier carisey); also Danish kersei, kirsei, and Swedish kersing. Italian and Spanish carisea are apparently from the older French forms.1262 in Gross Gild Merch. II. 4 (Gild Merchant of Andover) Memorandum de illis qui ponunt lanam de Ispania in pannis cersegis [printed tersegis].1390 Rolls of Parl. III. 281/2 Les liges du Roialme qe amesnent une manere de Marchandise appellez Kerseyes as parties de dela.1390 Rolls of Parl. III. 282/1 Touchant l'envoye des ditz Kerseyes franchement.1399 Rolls of Parl. III. 437 Nul Drap de Kersy, Kendale-cloth, Frise de Coventree, Coggeware, ne nulle autre estreit ne remenant d'Engleterre, ne Drap de Gales, ne soloient..paier nul Coket ne autre Custume. Now rare. 1. A kind of coarse narrow cloth, woven from long wool and usually ribbed. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > coarse or rough > kersey kersey1390 1390 Earl Derby's Exp. (Camden) 89 Pro iij^bus vlnis et di. de kersey. 1481 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 17 Item, half yerd kersey for my lady. 1502 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 198 For iij elne quhit carsay to be ane cote to the King xiijs. vjd. 1543–4 Old City Acct. Bk. in Archæol. Jrnl. (1886) 43 For iij quarters of yallow carssey for hose xv¹. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 114^v The Sunne..shineth as well vpon course carsie, as cloth of tissue. 1607 S. Rowlands Dr. Merrie-man (1609) 6 The Stockings that his clownish Legges did fit, Were Kersie to the calfe, and t'other knit. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) II. 170 Her stockings were of Kersy green As tight as ony silk. 1770 J. Cook Jrnl. 6 Feb. (1955) I. 247 They..shew'd an extraordinary fondness for English broad Cloth and Red Kersey. 1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables i. 17 A substantial petticoat of serge or cloak of kersey. 2. With a and plural. Categories » †a. A piece of kersey of a definite size. Obsolete. b. A make or variety of kersey (chiefly in plural).In the 16–17th centuries kerseys are commonly contrasted with cloths or broad-cloth; the size of the latter was fixed by the statute of 1465 as 24 yards long by 2 wide, while a kersey was only 18 yards long and a yard and a nail in width. The act of 1552 enumerates various kinds of kerseys, as ordinary, sorting, Devonshire (called dozens), and check kerseys, and fixes their length as between 17 and 18 yards; in 1557 this was reduced to between 16 and 17. About 1618 we find three kersies reckoned as equal to one cloth (see cloth n. 8). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > coarse or rough > kersey > piece of kersey1465 1465 Act 4 Edw. IV c. 1 Ordeignez est..que chescun drap appelle Kersie..conteigne en longeure xviij aulnes..& en laeure une aulne & la naile [etc.]. 1516 Act of Common Council City of London 1 Aug. in Jrnls. (Corporation of London) (London Metropolitan Archives: COL/CC/01) XI. f. 258^v Brode Clothes Kerseyes Cottons Briggewaters ffryses Dosseyns or any other..Clothe made of Wolle. ?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors ii. sig. B1^v Demand the clothyer, if he lyued not better, whan he sold..his carseys for .xxij. or .xxiij. pownd the pack. 1569 G. Campion Let. 14 Feb. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) II. i. 115 Also we had three kintals of cotten wooll for a carsie. 1602 N. Breton Poste with Madde Packet Lett. I. sig. D3 I haue sent you ouer foure score broad cloathes, and thirtie Carzies. 1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) III. 141 The great Demand of Kerseys for cloathing the Armies abroad. 1811 J. Taylor Remarks Present State Devon in T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (new ed.) p. xxiv The Devonshire kersies were..in great request, and were generally known by the name of Tiverton kersies. †c. plural = sense 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > coarse or rough > kersey > type of kersey1567 1567 in D. Hay Fleming Mary Queen of Scots (1897) 506 Item to be cotte and hoyss of blew carsis. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 146 Short wide stockings of English cloth or Kersies. 3. plural. Trousers made of kersey. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > made from specific material shiverines1663 nankeen1770 overall1782 corduroys1791 ducks1825 webs1825 kerseys1833 moleskin1836 cord1837 kerseymeres1840 blue jeans1842 grey1860 mole trousers1860 chaparreras1861 Bedford cord1862 velveteens1862 dungarees1872 moles1879 chaps1884 chaparejos1887 oiler1889 greyers1900 flannels1911 Levi's1926 denim1932 chino1943 wrangler1947 Bedfords1954 sweats1956 sweatpants1957 1833 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. ix, in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 677/1 Girt with thick double-milled kerseys; half-buried under shawls and broadbrims. 1864 J. Payn Lost Sir Massingberd 84 He was dressed in a blue lapelled coat, light waistcoat, and kerseys. 4. a. attributive or as adj. Made of kersey. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [adjective] > coarse wadmal1522 kersey1577 minikin1604 green baize1758 hodden-clad1812 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. vii. i. 172 An English~man..contented himselfe with his fine carsie hosen. 1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 41 in Jewell House Let the same runne through a course white karsey gellie bagge. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. xlvii. 220 Blacke karsie stockings. 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week ii. 37 Thy neckcloth..o'er thy Kersey Doublet spreading wide. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. vi. 147 The old gentlemen in the kersey hood. †b. figurative. Plain, homely. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] nakedOE simplea1382 meanc1450 rural1488 misorned1512 inornate?1518 barec1540 broad1588 bald1589 kersey1598 russet1598 unvarnisheda1616 unembellished1630 illaborate1631 severe1665 renable1674 small1678 unadorned1692 inelaborate1747 unlarded1748 chaste1753 uncoloured1845 minimalist1929 spare1965 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 413 Hencefoorth my wooing minde shalbe exprest In russet yeas, and honest kersie noes. View more context for this quotation Compounds kersey-clothier, kersey maker. ΚΠ 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1010/2 Now it is cheeflie inhabited with merchants, kersie-clothiers, and all sorts of artificers. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London II. v. ix. 181/1 Cloth and Kersy-making decayed. Derivatives † ˈkersey v. Obsolete rare to clothe in kersey. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > in specific material fur?1370 befur1470 feather1483 case1582 kersey1628 flannel1778 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxviii. sig. N4^v When the Sun-bak'd Peasant goes to feast it with a Gentleman, hee washes, and brushes, and kersies himselfe in his Holiday cloathes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1390
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