DSL - SND1      GANSEY , n. Also ganzy, -ie, genzie, -y, gensy, gensee, guenzie. [Sc. ˈgɑnzi, but Crm., Mry., Lnk., Ayr., Kcb. ˈgɛnzi]      1. A jersey, esp. one worn by fishermen (I. and n.Sc., Lth., Lnk., Ayr., Kcb., Uls. 1954). Also in Eng. dial. Cf. Garnsey .
     *Sh. 1886 J. Burgess Sk. & Poems 68:
     He rubbit aff da shute wi’ da sleeve o’ his gansey.
     *Sh. 1916 J. Burgess Rasmie’s Smaa Murr, Navember 15:
     A gansey-sleeve wi a airm in it aye maks da boaniest belt.
     *Bnff. 1923 Banffshire Jnl. (5 June) 5:
     Here he comes, basket on shoulder, short and sturdy, the upper part of his body sheathed in a “gansey,” always blue.
     *Abd. 1935 J. White Sea Road i.:
     For a long afternoon he lumbered, in a sweat from high-necked gansey to his big sea-boots.
     *Bnff. 1950 N. Paterson Behold Thy Daughter 54:
     She knitted her father a black fisherman’s ganzy with buttons up the side of the neck.
     2. A blue-striped cotton shirt; a farmer’s short jacket made of galatea (Ayr. ⁴ 1928).
     [Corrupt or variant forms of Eng. guernsey, idem. The form Garnsey (as place-name) is found in 16th cent. Eng. The dropping of the -r- suggests that the word has been borrowed from Eng. dial.]

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