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Definition of Gabardine
1. Noun. A firm durable fabric with a twill weave.
2. Noun. (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth.
Generic synonyms: Pant, Trouser
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
3. Noun. A loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles.
Generic synonyms: Coverall
Derivative terms: Smock
Definition of Gabardine
1. n. A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress.
Definition of Gabardine
1. Noun. (uncountable countable) A type of woolen cloth with a diagonal ribbed texture on one side. ¹
2. Noun. (uncountable countable) A similar fabric, made from cotton ¹
3. Noun. A gaberdine (garment) ¹
4. Noun. A yellow robe that Jews in England were compelled to wear in the year 1189 as a mark of distinction ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gabardine
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gabardine
Literary usage of Gabardine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1897)
"Debate with no man hast them, With questions art never perplexed, As tame at the
first sight as now, In thy plain russet gabardine dressed." . ..."
2. Reminiscences of My Irish Journey in 1849 by Thomas Carlyle (1882)
"The whole country figures in my mind like a ragged coat; one huge beggar's
gabardine, not patched or patchable any longer: far from a joyful or beautiful ..."
3. An Illustrated Treatise on the Art of Shooting, with Extracts from the Best ...by Charles Lancaster by Charles Lancaster (1898)
"M The Heaviest Bains and ~ Mists. The Stoutest Thorn or Fishhook. The neutral
shades of gabardine render the Sportsman invisible to the quarry. ..."
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