The Collaborative International Dictionary
Linsey-woolsey \Lin"sey-wool"sey\ (l[i^]n"s[y^]*w[oo^]l"s[y^]; 277), n.
Cloth made of linen and wool, mixed.
Jargon. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Linsey-woolsey \Lin"sey-wool"sey\, a.
Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and unsuitable
parts; mean.
--Johnson.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. a fabric made of both linen and wool.
WordNet
n. a rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof
Wikipedia
Linsey-woolsey (less often, woolsey-linsey or in Scottish English, wincey) is a coarse twill or plain-woven fabric woven with a linen warp and a woollen weft. Similar fabrics woven with a cotton warp and woollen weft in Colonial America were also called linsey-woolsey or wincey. The name derives from a combination of lin (an archaic word for flax, whence "linen") and wool. This textile has been known since ancient times; known as Shatnez in Hebrew, the Torah and hence Jewish law explicitly forbid wearing it.
Usage examples of "linsey-woolsey".
They dressed in calico in summer and in winter linsey-woolsey, and wore at their work ample aprons of osnaburg, a small checked blue and white cloth.
Brian Fitzpatrick SIR,- Yours received, and am surprized you should use me in this manner, as have never seen any of your cash, unless for one linsey-woolsey coat, and your bill now is upwards of L150.
After the moving queue of linsey-woolsey clad servitors came four cowled guards, yawning and idly slapping their bare thighs with their whips.