noun
- A fine, twilled woolen fabric used for making suits and coats.
Usage: Also spelled cashmere or casimere; cassimere is an older or variant spelling; Archaic or dated in modern usage
Examples
- The tailor selected a fine cassimere for the gentleman's winter coat.
- Cassimere was a popular choice for formal wear in the nineteenth century.
- The fabric merchant displayed bolts of cassimere in various dark colors.
- His suit was made from imported cassimere and lined with silk.