worsted/ˈwʊs.tɪd/EtymologyInherited from Middle English worstede, worsted, from Worstede (now Worstead; Old English *Wurϸestede), a town in Norfolk, England.worsted means yarn made from long strands of wool. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.nounYarn made from long strands of wool.“An old ſet-ſtitch’d chair, valanced and fringed around with party-colour’d worſted bobs, ſtood at the bed’s head, oppoſite to the ſide where my father’s head reclined.”The fine, smooth fabric made from such wool yarn.“[T]he undertaker’s wife opened a side door, and pushed Oliver down a steep flight of stairs into a stone cell, damp and dark, forming the ante-room to the coal-cellar, and denominated “the kitchen,” wherein sat a slatternly girl in shoes down at heel, and blue worsted stockings very much out of repair.”adjDefeated, overcome.“The worsted army fled in disarray.”