serge

Meanings

Noun

A type of worsted cloth.
A garment made of this fabric.
A large wax candle used in some church ceremonies.

Verb

To overlock.

Origin

Borrowed from French serge, replacing an older borrowing from Middle French sarge, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica.
From French cierge.

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