WORSTED

Worsted

Worsted 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 soil too rich for the older agrarian sheep breeds; and weavers from Flanders moved to Norfolk.

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worsted

Noun

  1. Yarn made from long strands of wool.
  2. The fine, smooth fabric made from such wool yarn.

Verb

worsted

Adjective

  1. Defeated, overcome.


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