Wondering how to use Worsted in a sentence? Below are 9 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as fabric or cloth.
Worsted meaning
- Yarn made from long strands of wool.
- The fine, smooth fabric made from such wool yarn.
Using Worsted
- The main meaning on this page is: Yarn made from long strands of wool. | The fine, smooth fabric made from such wool yarn.
- Useful related words include: worsted fabric, fabric, cloth, material.
- In the example corpus, worsted often appears in combinations such as: worsted of, worsted by.
Context around Worsted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Worsted
- In this selection, "worsted" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, regimental, light, grey, spinning, woollen and stockings stand out and add context to how "worsted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a light worsted of about and called a worsted by contrast. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "worsted" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with worsted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The company made combs for the worsted, woollen, flax and silk industries. (12 words)
He was dressed in a suit of plain black; with grey worsted stockings. (13 words)
Their arrival challenged the English weavers of cotton, woollen and worsted cloth, who subsequently learned the Huguenots' superior techniques. (19 words)
If the fibers are first aligned by combing them, the yarn is smoother and called a worsted; by contrast, if the fibers are carded but not combed, the yarn is fuzzier and called woolen-spun. (35 words)
Modern projects usually entail the hand knitting of hats or helmet liners; the liners provided for soldiers must be of 100% worsted weight wool and be crafted using specific colors. (30 words)
Woollen refers to a bulkier yarn produced from carded, non-parallel fibre, while worsted refers to a finer yarn spun from longer fibres which have been combed to be parallel. (30 words)
Example sentences (9)
Kilting fabric weights are given in ounces per yard and run from the very-heavy, regimental worsted of approximately convert down to a light worsted of about convert.
However, Hodgson’s excursion into worsted spinning was short lived and he gave up and sub-let it to a John Stobbart.
The company made combs for the worsted, woollen, flax and silk industries.
He was dressed in a suit of plain black; with grey worsted stockings.
If the fibers are first aligned by combing them, the yarn is smoother and called a worsted; by contrast, if the fibers are carded but not combed, the yarn is fuzzier and called woolen-spun.
Modern projects usually entail the hand knitting of hats or helmet liners; the liners provided for soldiers must be of 100% worsted weight wool and be crafted using specific colors.
Their arrival challenged the English weavers of cotton, woollen and worsted cloth, who subsequently learned the Huguenots' superior techniques.
They were worsted by a Sulayhid expedition but queen Arwa agreed to reduce the tribute by half, to 50,000 dinars per year.
Woollen refers to a bulkier yarn produced from carded, non-parallel fibre, while worsted refers to a finer yarn spun from longer fibres which have been combed to be parallel.
Common combinations with worsted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- worsted of 2×
- worsted by 2×