[Ads-l] antedating "kerseymere"

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED 1798.

"A twilled fine woollen cloth of a peculiar texture, one-third of the warp
being always above, and two-thirds below each shoot of the weft."

1780 _The whole proceedings on the King's commission of the peace, Oyer and
Terminer, and Gaol Delivery for the City of London...Number 1. Part 1_
(London: By Authority) [ECCO]:  A Kerseymere waistcoat, value 5s.

JL
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