■ noun a hard-wearing cotton twill fabric, typically blue.
↘( ~s ) jeans or other clothes made of ~.
Origin
C17 (as serge ~ ): from Fr. serge de Nîmes , denoting serge from the town of Nîmes .
■ noun a hard-wearing cotton twill fabric, typically blue.
↘( ~s ) jeans or other clothes made of ~.
Origin
C17 (as serge ~ ): from Fr. serge de Nîmes , denoting serge from the town of Nîmes .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004