kersey
Ribbed woolen fabric
Kersey is a coarse, ribbed woolen cloth, typically twilled, used historically for work clothes and military uniforms.
The fabric is durable and heavy, suited to rough use rather than fine dress: a kersey coat worn thin at the elbows.
The word appears in older literature but is rarely encountered today outside historical contexts.
Diagonal-ribbed fabric
- weaveInterlace strands into fabric
- textileMaterial from woven fibers
- clothWoven or knit material
- coarseRough in texture
ribbed · napped · worsted · broadcloth · fustian · homespun · serge · frieze
Interlacing strands into fabric
- loomFabric-making frame
- spinningRevolving around an axis
- fullingThickening cloth by beating
- cardingPreparing fibers for spinning
shearing · dyeing · mill · guilds · staple · Suffolk · English · medieval
Fitted Renaissance jacket
- hoseFlexible fluid conduit
- jerkinSleeveless fitted jacket
- tunicLoose hip-length top
- breechesTrousers ending below knee
cloak · coat · livery · uniform · workwear · peasant · servant · soldier
Able to withstand use
- sturdySolidly built, durable
- coarseRough in texture
- heavyOf great mass
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
rough · hard-wearing · rugged · thick · dense · weatherproof · practical · serviceable
twill
Diagonal-ribbed fabric
coarse · ribbed · napped · worsted · broadcloth · fustian · homespun · serge · frieze · baize
weaving
Interlacing strands into fabric
carding · shearing · dyeing · mill · guilds · staple · Suffolk · English · medieval · elizabethan
doublet
Fitted Renaissance jacket
breeches · cloak · coat · livery · uniform · workwear · peasant · servant · soldier · military
durable
Able to withstand use
warm · rough · hard-wearing · rugged · thick · dense · weatherproof · practical · serviceable · affordable