worsted

Example Sentences

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It was a very nice suit: French, light gray, worsted wool with double cuffs.

From Literature

Nor did she have any special concern for her own dress, which was a plain brown worsted and easy enough to wash if it got dirty.

From Literature

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

He belonged to a walled city of the fifteenth century, a city of narrow, cobbled streets, and thin spires, where the inhabitants wore pointed shoes and worsted hose.

From Literature

“It was a real novelty back then,” says Susan Schoelwer, Mount Vernon’s senior curator, of the fancy silk and worsted wool sofa with scrolled arms and rows of brass tacks.

From Washington Post