Serge vs. Worsted — What's the Difference?

A twilled cloth of worsted or worsted and wool, often used for suits.

Worsted ( or ) is a high-quality type of wool yarn, the fabric made from this yarn, and a yarn weight category. The name derives from Worstead, a village in the English county of Norfolk.

To overcast (the raw edges of a fabric) to prevent unraveling.

Firm-textured, compactly twisted woolen yarn made from long-staple fibers.

(textiles) A type of worsted cloth.

Fabric made from such yarn.

(by metonymy) A garment made of this fabric.

Natural or synthetic yarn of a medium weight.

A large wax candle used in some church ceremonies.

(textiles) Yarn made from long strands of wool.

(sewing) To overlock.

The fine, smooth fabric made from such wool yarn.

A woolen twilled stuff, much used as material for clothing for both sexes.

Simple past tense and past participle of worst

A large wax candle used in the ceremonies of various churches.

Defeated, overcome.

A twilled woolen fabric

Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like.

Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery.

A woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns

A tightly twisted woolen yarn