gabardine

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

noun

1. Also a firm, tightly woven fabric of worsted, cotton, polyester, or other fiber, with a twill weave.
2. gaberdine ( def 1 ).

gabardine

/ ˌɡæbəˈdiːn; ˈɡæbəˌdiːn /

noun

1. a twill-weave worsted, cotton, or spun-rayon fabric
2. an ankle-length loose coat or frock worn by men, esp by Jews, in the Middle Ages
3. any of various other garments made of gabardine, esp a child's raincoat

Word History and Origins

Origin of gabardine¹

Spelling variant of gaberdine

Word History and Origins

Origin of gabardine¹

C16: from Old French gauvardine pilgrim's garment, from Middle High German wallewart pilgrimage; related to Spanish gabardina

Example Sentences

The peddler's couch was empty, save for his gabardine of gray and the false hair that had served him for a beard.

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Hall spread his brown gabardine jacket in the moss bank adjacent to a small stream.

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Simon passed his hand roughly over him and felt a fat clean-shaven face, and a cloth gabardine which hung to the ankles.

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She presented a dainty figure in cream gabardine and a broad-brimmed straw hat which suited her admirably.

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And, looking into the future with the ambitious eye of conscious cleverness, he saw the paternal gabardine over-glooming his life.

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