worstede

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === werstede, wirsted, worchestede, worestede, worsested, worsted, wurstede, wurthstede woorstead, woosted, worestede, worstet, wosted, wursted (Late Middle English) === Etymology === From Worstede, a town in Norfolk; equivalent to Old English worϸ (“enclosure”) +‎ stede (“place”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwu(r)stɛd(ə)/ === Noun === worstede (plural worstedes) worsted (a kind of cloth) A piece of worsted. ==== Descendants ==== English: worsted Scots: worset ==== References ==== “worsted, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.