gabardine

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

/ ˈgæb ərˌdin, ˌgæb ərˈdin /

Also gaberdine. a firm, tightly woven fabric of worsted, cotton, polyester, or other fiber, with a twill weave.

Origin of gabardine

spelling variant of gaberdine

gaba-alpha, gabaon, gabaonite, gabapentin, gabar, gabardine, gabbai, gabble, gabbro, gabby, gabe

A porter took his kit-bag and wanted to relieve him also of the gun-case, the fishing-rod, and the gabardine.

Priscilla's Spies |George A. Birmingham
He liked the look of a Burberry gabardine which lay beside him on the seat.

Priscilla's Spies |George A. Birmingham
His skull-cap and his gabardine might have been heirlooms from the Patriarch Jacob; and his poor hands seemed made for clawing.

Tracks of a Rolling Stone |Henry J. Coke
We had overalls of two different materials: Burberry "gabardine" and the ordinary green kind that is used in Norway in the winter.

The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 |Roald Amundsen

"Look alive, then," said Dick; and he forthwith took from beneath his gabardine several small parcels done up in brown paper.

The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 |George W. M. Reynolds

gabardine

/ (ˈɡæbəˌdiːn, ˌɡæbəˈdiːn) /

a twill-weave worsted, cotton, or spun-rayon fabric

an ankle-length loose coat or frock worn by men, esp by Jews, in the Middle Ages

any of various other garments made of gabardine, esp a child's raincoat

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