E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Kerseymere.
A corruption of Casimir a man’s name. A twilled woollen cloth made in Abbeville, Amiens, Elbeuf, Louviers, Rheims, Sedan, and the West of England. (French casimir, Spanish casimiro or casimiras.)
