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Webster 1913 Edition
Serge
Serge
,Noun.
[F.
serge
, sarge
, originally
, a silken stuff
, fr. L. serica
, f. or neut. pl. of sericus
silken. See Sericeous
, Silk
.] A woolen twilled stuff, much used as material for clothing for both sexes.
Silk serge
, a twilled silk fabric used mostly by tailors for lining parts of gentlemen’s coats.
Serge
,Noun.
[F.
cierge
.] A large wax candle used in the ceremonies of various churches.
Webster 1828 Edition
Serge
SERGE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Serge
serge
serge
English
Noun
serge (countable and uncountable, plural serges)
- (textiles) A type of worsted cloth.
- 1993, John Banville, Ghosts
- 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.
- 1993, John Banville, Ghosts
- (by metonymy) A garment made of this fabric.
Translations
type of cloth
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Related terms
Verb
serge (third-person singular simple present serges, present participle serging, simple past and past participle serged)
- (sewing) To overlock.
Etymology 2
Noun
serge (plural serges)
- A large wax candle used in some church ceremonies.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French sarge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica, ultimately from the Ancient Greek σηρῐκός (sērikós, “silken”).
Noun
serge f (plural serges)
Descendants
- English: serge