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Definition of: serge
(sûrj) noun
1. A strong twilled fabric made of wool yarns and characterized by a diagonal rib on both sides of the cloth.
2. In the Middle Ages, a coarse woolen cloth.
3. A rayon lining fabric. ♦ Homophone: surge. [OF sarge, serge <L serica (lana) (wool) of the Seres <Seres the Seres, an eastern Asian people]
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