casimir

Traductions

• anglais

  Auteur : Office québécois de la langue française, 1974

  Notes :

  Most unclassified woolen fabrics are referred to as cassimeres.
  
  Not to be confused with cashmere.

  Terme :

  1. cassimere

  Terme associé :

  1. kerseymere

  The name would tend to indicate that the cloth was a product of the mills along the waterways of Kersey, England, but since there are nomeres (or lakes) in the vicinity of this town, it is more than likely that the name is a variation or corruption of cassimere.