worsted

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He often mixed silk and wool or silk and linen for a softer alternative to the heavy, stiff gabardines and worsted wools that were typical for men’s suits and jackets.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025

Rolls upon rolls of flannel, worsted wool and cashmere are stacked in a space the size of a football field.

From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2017

It's made at Alfred Brown worsted mills, a century-old family business in Bramley in Leeds.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2016

One was a pale morning-sky blue; the next tan, of light material, intended for these terrible summers; the last a heavy worsted English three-piece, gray, for state visits.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 3, 2014

One more man stood on the porch, dressed in a worsted plaid vest and gray trousers.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead