serge
/səːdʒ
/noun [mass noun]
A durable twilled woollen or worsted fabric: [as modifier]: a heavy serge coat...
- The period saw the transition of British Army uniform from red wool serge coats to khaki cotton, and gaiters were replaced by puttees.
- All the proud fathers were dressed to kill in their three-piece serge suits and trilby felt hats perched to one side.
- It is worn with the fermizi, a jacket of velvet or serge with long sleeves that is thrown over the back; waist-high white stockings; and a shirt with wide sleeves made of cotton, muslin, or silk.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French sarge, from a variant of Latin serica (lana) 'silken (wool)', from sericus (see silk).
Rhymes
- portentousness
- porteous
- porte-parole
- porter
- porterage
- porter bar
- Porter, Cole
- porter crab
- porteress
- porterhouse
- porterhouse steak
- portering
- Porter, Katherine Anne
- porterless
- porterlike
- porter-lodge
- porterly
- Porter, Peter
- porter's ale
- porter's beer
- porter's chair
- portership
- porter's knot
- porter's lodge
- porteur