Definition of worsted

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Worsted (n.) Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery..

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Paramatta :: Paramatta (n.) A light fabric of cotton and worsted, resembling bombazine or merino..
Cobourg :: Cobourg (n.) A thin worsted fabric for women's dresses.
Bombazine :: Bombazine (n.) A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments..
Rash :: Rash (n.) An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted..
Shalloon :: Shalloon (n.) A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff..
Poncho :: Poncho (n.) A trade name for camlets, or stout worsteds..
Vessets :: Vessets (n.) A kind of worsted; also, a worsted cloth..
Afghan :: Afghan (n.) A kind of worsted blanket or wrap.
Chenille :: Chenille (n.) Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs..
Durance :: Durance (n.) In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes..
Reel :: Reel (n.) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches..
Orleans :: Orleans (n.) A cloth made of worsted and cotton, -- used for wearing apparel..
Crochet :: Crochet (n.) A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively..
Barege :: Barege (n.) A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted..
Berlin :: Berlin (n.) Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called also Berlin wool.
Damask :: Damask (n.) A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; -- made for furniture covering and hangings.
Tapestry :: Tapestry (n.) A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery..
Crewel :: Crewel (n.) Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery..
Canvas :: Canvas (n.) A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work..
Stuff :: Stuff (v. t.) Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber..
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