gaberdine

American  

[gab-er-deen, gab-er-deen] / ˈgæb ərˌdin, ˌgæb ərˈdin /

noun

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

2. gabardine.

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gaberdine British  

/ ˌɡæbəˈdiːn, ˈɡæbəˌdiːn /

noun

1. a variant spelling of gabardine

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Etymology

Origin of gaberdine

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

“Seattle! — department stores full of fur coats and camping equipment, mad noontime businessmen in gaberdine coats talking on street corners to keep up the structure, I float past, birds cry … ”

From Seattle Times

“Alas, the storm is come again! My best way is to creep under his gaberdine; there is no other shelter hereabout: misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.”

From Forbes

The helper then threw off his gaberdine, and showed himself to be St. George.

From Project Gutenberg

She knew quite well to what I was going back, to what I wanted to go back--the Mellah, the gaberdine, and the rest of it.

From Project Gutenberg

A Gardener in a pale blue gaberdine passes with a basket on his arm.

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