Meaning & use
Cassimere
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A lightweight, twilled woolen fabric traditionally used for men's suits and trousers.
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The tailor kept several bolts of fine cassimere for bespoke suits.
Nineteenth-century gentlemen often had their trousers cut from cassimere.
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"Cassimere" is an altered form of "kerseymere," itself derived from "kersey," an older type of coarse wool cloth.
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