serge

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French serge, replacing an older borrowing from Middle French sarge, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica (“silk garments”).

noun

1. (textiles) A type of worsted cloth.
   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
2. (by metonymy) A garment made of this fabric.

verb

1. (sewing) To overlock.

Etymology 2

From French cierge.

noun

1. A large wax candle used in some church ceremonies.