(a) Woolen cloth of some kind used for making clothing, furnishings, etc., worsted; also, such cloth as a commodity; also, a certain quantity of worsted fabric [quot. 1428-9]; al ~, made entirely of worsted cloth, all worsted; rolled ~; (b) a particular type of worsted cloth; also, a piece of worsted cloth;—usu. pl.; ~ fulled; (c) in cpds., combs., and misc. phrases: ~ bed, a piece of worsted fabric; ?also, a bed with worsted trappings; ~ frenge lin-cloth, ?linen cloth embellished with worsted fringe; ~ goune, a garment of worsted cloth; ~ honginge, a tapestry made of worsted fabric; ~ honginge-bed, ?a bed with worsted tapestry accouterments; ~ lioure, a narrow strip of worsted cloth used for binding; ~ makere (wevere), a weaver of worsted cloth; ~ man, a seller of worsted cloth or textiles; ~ motle, worsted woven with yarn of various colors, parti-colored worsted; ~ quishin, a cushion or pillow covered with worsted fabric; ~ saie, a piece of worsted; ~ weveres, craft of ~ weveres, the guild of worsted weavers; bed of (lectus de) ~, a bed with a worsted bedspread or other accouterments; ?also, a bed manufactured in Worstead [quot. 1379]; hole ~ bed, a piece of worsted cloth which conforms to certain standard measurements; rolle ~, worsted cloth of a certain size or standard sold by the roll or bolt; double ~, heavy worsted cloth; sengle ~, worsted cloth of single thickness; (d) in surnames and place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.274]; also in names of specific marketplace sites in Norwich.