Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A sturdy, tightly woven fabric of cotton, wool, or rayon twill. Also called gaberdine.
- n. See gaberdine.
- n. Chiefly British A laborer's long loose smock; a gaberdine.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A long loose cloak or frock, generally coarse, with or without sleeves and a hood, formerly worn by common men out of doors, and distinctively by Jews when their mode of dress was regulated by law; hence, any similar outer garment worn at the present day, especially in Eastern countries.
Wiktionary
- n. A type of woolen cloth with a diagonal ribbed texture on one side.
- n. A similar fabric, made from cotton
- n. A gaberdine (garment)
- n. A yellow robe that Jews in England were compelled to wear in the year 1189 as a mark of distinction
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
- n. a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
- n. a firm durable fabric with a twill weave
Etymologies
- Alteration of gaberdine.
Examples
“It is true that we had a few yards of darkish "gabardine," or light windproof material, which would have been extremely suitable for this purpose, but every yard of it had long ago been destined for some other use, so that did not get us out of the difficulty.”
“We had overalls of two different materials: Burberry "gabardine" and the ordinary green kind that is used in Norway in the winter.”
“Fabrics made of yarns that aren't tightly twisted, such as gabardine, are particularly prone to shine.”
The Wall Street Journal: When Suits Suffer from Wear and Tear
“gabardine" and the ordinary green kind that is used in Norway in the winter.”
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1
“High-rise pleated shorts are very important now, but in a clean unwashed fabric, such as gabardine or linen.”
“Burberry added a few warfare-ready bells and whistles to his existing "Tielocken" style—made from gabardine, the company's own waterproofed worsted cotton creation—and so the "trench" coat was born.”
“It was there that Paul Moriconi kept a brown leather suitcase containing a gray gabardine military tunic and matching riding pants, a khaki Italian military shirt and a woolen red dress that were claimed to have been a change of clothes in the possession of Mussolini and Petacci when they were captured.”
USA Today: Mussolini's clothes possibly found in upstate N.Y.
“The men are layered in gabardine, puffing on pipes, and the women carry large white bags as they hobble in difficult shoes.”
“Meanwhile, the most sensible and classic white piece this spring is the YSL trench in cotton gabardine £1,880.”
“One of my genius purchases was a Ralph Lauren Purple Label suit that came with both trousers and a skirt in black wool gabardine.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gabardine’.
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Fibers & Fabrics
zibeline, havelock, pashmina, qiviut, sartorial, noil, balbriggan, fichu, bombazine, cambric, placket, gabardine and 17 more...
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good boy, atta boy, knee low, make a mountain o..., generalises, bard, slicker, laser focus group..., kilolex, viscosity, rotunda, fascinator and 10 more...
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• The bonhomous lynchpin - And other words from...
plinth, starboard, bonhomie, bulkhead, brethren, gabardine, anon, lynchpin, vine, yoke, sequin, marigold and 12 more...
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found in Fuentes
Words found in books by Carlos Fuentes, as translated by Sam Hileman.
nickelodeon, stipendiary, dipsomaniac, bonhomie, goldbrick, Lower Empire Posture, lissome, gabardine
Prolagus
(Down by the water, by The Decemberists) Jan 19, 2011
hernesheir "She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy. I said be careful, his bowtie is really a camera." Dec 26, 2010
rolig Interesting possible origins to this word, according to my OAD widget:
early 16th c.; < gallevardine <? MHG wallevahrt, "pilgrimage", meaning "garment worn by pilgrims" Dec 9, 2007
kringlan Gabardine is smooth on one side and has a diagonally ribbed surface on the other. There were a lot of gabardine trousers worn in the seventies. Dec 9, 2007