- A sturdy, tightly woven fabric of cotton, wool, or rayon twill. Also called gaberdine.
- See gaberdine (sense 1).
- Chiefly British. A laborer's long loose smock; a gaberdine.
[Alteration of GABERDINE.]
gabardine
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gab·ar·dine (găb'ər-dēn', găb'ər-dēn')  |
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The noun has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
a firm durable fabric with a twill weave
Meaning #2:
(usually in the plural) trousers
Synonyms: flannel, tweed, white
Meaning #3:
a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
Synonyms: duster, gaberdine, smock, dust coat
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For other uses, see Gabardine (disambiguation).
Gabardine is a tough, tightly woven fabric used to make suits, overcoats, trousers and other garments. The fibre used to make the fabric is traditionally worsted wool, but may also be cotton, synthetic or mixed. The fabric is smooth on one side and has a diagonally ribbed surface on the other. Gabardine is a form of twill weave.
Cotton gabardine is sometimes used by bespoke tailors to make pocket linings for office-type suits where the pocket's contents would quickly wear holes in the usual flimsy pocket lining material.
History
The material was invented in the late 19th century by Thomas Burberry, founder of the Burberry fashion house in Basingstoke, and patented in 1888. The fabric takes its name from the gaberdine (with an 'e'), a long, loose overgarment tied at the waist.
Burberry clothing of gabardine was worn by polar explorers including Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole, in 1911, and Ernest Shackleton, who led a 1914 expedition to cross Antarctica. A jacket made of this material was worn by George Mallory on his ill-fated attempt on Mount Everest in 1924.
Care instructions
Depending on the type, gabardine is either dry cleaned, as most other wools, or is machine washable and dryable on a low cycle. A warm iron should be used for pressing; ironing it at a higher temperature would mark the fabric.
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| Translations: Gabardine |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - gabardine (tekstil)
Nederlands (Dutch)
kaftan, gabardine
Français (French)
n. - gabardine
Deutsch (German)
n. - Gabardine (feines Kammgarn), Gabardinemantel
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ύφασμα και ένδυμα) γκαμπαρντίνα
Português (Portuguese)
n. - gabardine (f)
Русский (Russian)
габардиновый, габардин, габардиновое пальто
Español (Spanish)
n. - gabardina, impermeable
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gabardin (textil.), judes kaftan (hist.), (grov el. vid) långrock
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
轧别丁, 华达呢, 宽松的长袍
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 軋別丁, 華達呢, 寬鬆的長袍
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ギャバジン, ギャバジンの衣服
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) قماش الغبردين
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - אריג חלק עמיד שקוויו מלוכסנים מצמר או מכותנה, גברדין, בגד עשוי מגברדין, בייחוד מעיל גשם
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