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A 1912 illustration by Alfred Robert Quinton of houses formerly occupied by weavers in the village of Kersey in Suffolk, England, UK.[1] Kersey cloth may have been named after this place.

Inherited from Middle English kersey, perhaps from the village of Kersey in Suffolk, England, UK, in the region where the cloth was made.

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kersey (countable and uncountable, plural kerseys)

  1. A type of rough woollen cloth.
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  1. ^ From P[eter] H[empson] Ditchfield (1912) “Village Industries”, in The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 10–13 Bedford Street W.C.; New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co., →OCLC, page facing page 167.

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Kersey, a town in Suffolk; equivalent to Old English cærse (cress) +‎ ēġ (island).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛrzæi̯/, /ˈkarzæi̯/

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kersey

  1. kersey (a kind of cloth)
  2. A piece of kersey.

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  • English: kersey

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