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cassimere|ˈkæsɪmɪə(r)|
Also 8 kassimere, 9 casimire.
[in F. casimir (‘mot récent’), Sp. casimiro, Ger. kasimir. Another form of cashmere; the country was called Keshimur by Marco Polo, Queximir by Barros, Kachemire by Bernier, Cassimer by Herbert 1665.]
A thin fine twilled woollen cloth used for men's clothes. Cf. kerseymere.[1704Dryden Aurungz. iii. i. (Y.) The Queen of Cassimere. 1784in Seton-Karr Sel. Calcutta Gaz. I. 47 (Y.) For sale—superfine cambrics and edgings..scarlet and blue Kassimeres. 1814J. Forbes Orient. Mem. III. 177 (Y.) The shawls of Cassimer and the silks of Iran.] 1774Westm. Mag. II. 259 The favourite Riding-Dress is a light-coloured Cassimere, lined with different coloured silks. 1807–8W. Irving Salmag. (1826) 77 His white cassimere small clothes. 1822Byron Juan ix. xliii, Brilliant breeches..Of yellow casimire. 1842J. Bischoff Woollen Manuf. II. 421 Coatings, cassimeres, hosiery. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. (1858) 203 Of fustian, of cassimere, of Scotch-plaid. |
