gaberdine

[ gab-er-deen, gab-er-deen ]

noun

1. Also a long, loose coat or frock for men, worn in the Middle Ages, especially by Jews.
2. gabardine ( def 1 ).

gaberdine

/ ˈɡæbəˌdiːn; ˌɡæbəˈdiːn /

noun

1. See gabardine
   a variant spelling of gabardine

Word History and Origins

Origin of gaberdine¹

1510–20; < Middle French gauvardine, gallevardine < Spanish gabardina, perhaps a conflation of gabán (≪ Arabic qabā men's overgarment) and tabardina, diminutive of tabardo tabard

Example Sentences

He was old, and his woollen gaberdine still reeked of the stinking artemisia of the mountain passes.

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A picturesque grey-headed and grey-bearded old Jew, in a shovel-hat and gaberdine.'

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He wore a black gaberdine and a large hat with a turned-down brim.

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I promised, as the price of your admission, to hide me under his bearish gaberdine, and prompt him in the hour of need.

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A shrivelled arm, a dropsied leg, were to Ribera what a breast-plate and a gaberdine were to Rembrandt.

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