sergedusoy

English

Alternative forms

• sergdusoy

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French serge de soie.

Noun

sergedusoy (uncountable)

1. (historical) Silk serge.
   • 1860, Frederick William Fairholt, Costume in England, p. 578:

     SERGEDUSOY (Fr.). A coarse silken stuff, as its name implies. It was used in the last century for coats, etc., for common people, being a degree above cloth.

   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 240:

     He is wearing a freshly starched cravat and a new sergdusoy jacket, his boots are polished and he carries a clumsily wrapped package under his arms.