kersey

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A type of rough woollen cloth.

   “Hencefoorth my wooing minde ſhalbe expreſt / In ruſſet yeas, and honeſt kerſie noes.”

   “[T]here was a Report, that one of our Ships having by Stealth delivered her Cargo, among which was ſome Bales of Engliſh Cloth, Cotton, Kerſyes, and ſuch like Goods, the Spaniards cauſed all the Goods to be burnt, and puniſhed the Men with Death who were concern'd in carrying them on Shore.”

   “In Adirondac lakes, / At morn or noon, the guide rows bareheaded: / Shoes, flannel shirt, and kersey trousers make / His brief toilette […]”

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL999904).

   “The village itself, however, is invisible until you come to a corner with an archaic wooden pump high on the right bank, turn, and then suddenly, there it is - all of Kersey, running steeply down The Street to a water-splash through a tributary of the Brett, and up again, just as steeply, to the summit of Church Hill.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A locality in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.
3. (countable, uncountable)A town in Weld County, Colorado, United States, derived from a maiden name.
4. (countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Indiana, United States.
5. (countable, uncountable)A census-designated place in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States.
6. (countable, uncountable)A habitational surname from Old English.