LINSEY-WOOLSEY • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Linsey-woolsey

... and were content. The loom and the spinning-wheel, though they had by this time largely disappeared from the towns, still had a place in every farmhouse. We raised our own food and made our own clothing, often of the linsey-woolsey woven by the women on their home-made looms. We breakfasted by the light of a tin lamp fed with lard, four o'clock being a not unusual hour, dined at noon, supped at five, and went to bed with the chickens. Our carpets were made of our old cast-off garments ...

— The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson • Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez

... maybe, who sold his Master," said the indomitable clerk, much diverted by his own talents for tormenting. "Hold—I bethink me thou mayest claim the earl's linsey-woolsey gown ...

— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) • John Roby