linsey-woolsey (redirected from linsey-woolseys)

lin·sey-wool·sey  (lnz-wlz)

n. pl. lin·sey-wool·seys

A coarse, woven fabric of wool and cotton or of wool and linen.

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[Middle English linsiwolsie : alteration of linen, linen; see linen + wolle, wool; see wool.]

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linsey-woolsey [ˈlɪnzɪˈwʊlzɪ]

n

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a thin rough fabric of linen warp and coarse wool or cotton filling

2. a strange nonsensical mixture or confusion

[probably from Lindsey, Suffolk village where the fabric was first made + wool (with rhyming suffix -sey)]

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linsey-woolsey - a rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"