Worsted definitions

Worsted

1) Beaten
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Worsted

1) Beaten in a material sense 2) Broadcloth 3) Cloth 4) Fabric 5) Fabric such as gabardine 6) Fine wool fabric 7) Firmly twisted wool yarn 8) Gabardine yarn 9) Kind of yarn 10) Material 11) Smooth, woolen fabric 12) Suit fabric 13) Textile 14) Twisted wool 15) Woolen cloth 16) Woolen fabric
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worsted

1. a tightly twisted woolen yarn
2. colloquial usage; defeat thoroughly

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Worsted

Worsted d is a type of yarn, the fabric made from this yarn, and a yarn weight category. The name derives from Worstead, a village in the English county of Norfolk. This village, together with North Walsham and Aylsham, became a manufacturing centre for yarn and cloth in the 12th century when pasture enclosure and liming rendered the East Anglian ...
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Worsted

• (imp. & p. p.) of Worst • (n.) Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like. • (n.) Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery.
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Worsted

A fabric formed from long staple wool which is less scratchy than other wools, due to the fact that the longer fibers align themselves in the yarn to a greater degree than shorter fibers and therefore have fewer ends sticking out.
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Worsted

The yarn that is spun from long-stapled (long fibred), combed wool. Fabric that is woven from this yarn.
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worsted

Stiff, smooth woollen fabric. ...
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Worsted

Worst'ed noun [ From Worsted , now spelled Worstead , a town in Norfolk, England; for Worthstead . See Worth , noun , and Stead .] 1. Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used fo...
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Worsted

Worsted is a hardwearing woollen fabric made of smooth yarn. It is so named from Worsted in Norfolk where it was first made.
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Worsted

wool yarn of long staple with fibers that have been combed prior to spinning. Combing produces more parallel fibers than carding.
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worsted

[n] - a tightly twisted woolen yarn 2. [n] - a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap
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worsted

well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like.
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worsted

[My Antonia] a smooth, firmly twisted thread or yarn made from long-staple wool combed to make the fibers lie in the same direction.
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worsted

noun a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool
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worsted

worsted fabric noun a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns `he wore a worsted suit`
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worsted

Stiff, smooth woollen fabric
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Worsted

A wool fabric woven from firmly twisted yarns, which are spun from combed long-staple wool, creating a solid smooth surface with no nap.
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