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worsted

[woos-tid, wur-stid] / ˈwʊs tɪd, ˈwɜr stɪd /






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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

She took photographs and wrote poetry; in 1938, The New York Times published her ode to “a day for dreaming in the sun, for telling worsted tales, for languid ease.”

From New York Times • May 26, 2016

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

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2016

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

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman