serge
nounverbnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//sɜːd͡ʒ//
- United States//sɝd͡ʒ//
A type of worsted cloth.
noun
- 1
A type of worsted cloth.
Lucy, who had only seen her in either the large loose wrapping dress of serge, or in the quaint simplicity of the Puritanic garb, then so general in England, could not restrain an exclamation of admiration as she returned to their chamber.
What I noticed most strongly was his smell, of hair oil and serge and cigarette smoke, and something else, something intimate and sour and wholly, shockingly other.
- 2
A garment made of this fabric.
Etymology
From Middle English sarge, from Old French sarge, serge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica (“silken, silk things”), from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Doublet of silk and seric.
verb
- 1
To overlock.
noun
- 1
A large wax candle used in some church ceremonies.
Etymology
From Middle English cerge, from Old French ci(e)rge, cerge & chierge.
Forms
- plural
- serges
- past tense
- serged
- past participle
- serged
- present participle
- serging
- third person singular
- serges