serge
noun/sɜːdʒ/
/sɜːrdʒ/
[uncountable]- a type of strong cloth made of wool, used for making clothes
- a blue serge suit
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French sarge, from a variant of Latin serica (lana) ‘silken (wool)’, from sericus, based on Greek Sēres, the name given to the inhabitants of the Far Eastern countries from which silk first came overland to Europe.
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