worsted
Example Sentences
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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
They had put chairs and pillows into it, and several worsted suits.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 4, 2018
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
The boys were neatly dressed in snow-white shirts, blazers with badges, preppy caps with badges, ties matching the badges, shiny black and brown shoes, worsted knee-high socks.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
