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Synonyms for gabardine

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gab-er-deen, gab-er-deen
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæb ərˌdin, ˌgæb ərˈdin

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Définition of gabardine

Origin :
  • 1590s, "dress, covering," variant of gaberdine. Meaning "closely woven cloth" is from 1904.
  • As in cape : noun sleeveless coat
Example sentences :
  • He liked the look of a Burberry gabardine which lay beside him on the seat.
  • Extract from : « Priscilla's Spies » by George A. Birmingham
  • "Now, Bill, out with the bingo," said the man in the gabardine to his companion.
  • Extract from : « The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 » by George W. M. Reynolds
  • He was tall and straight and the coat looked like a Jewish gabardine.
  • Extract from : « Darkwater » by W. E. B. Du Bois
  • The peddler's couch was empty, save for his gabardine of gray and the false hair that had served him for a beard.
  • Extract from : « The Doomsman » by Van Tassel Sutphen
  • "Look alive, then," said Dick; and he forthwith took from beneath his gabardine several small parcels done up in brown paper.
  • Extract from : « The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 » by George W. M. Reynolds
  • He shook his gabardine jacket clear of his arm and stepped into the night.
  • Extract from : « The Land of Look Behind » by Paul Cameron Brown
  • His skull-cap and his gabardine might have been heirlooms from the Patriarch Jacob; and his poor hands seemed made for clawing.
  • Extract from : « Tracks of a Rolling Stone » by Henry J. Coke
  • He felt sure that his instinctive good taste had not deserted him in choosing the brown suit and the gabardine.
  • Extract from : « Priscilla's Spies » by George A. Birmingham
  • A porter took his kit-bag and wanted to relieve him also of the gun-case, the fishing-rod, and the gabardine.
  • Extract from : « Priscilla's Spies » by George A. Birmingham
  • He spread out the skirts of his gabardine and pirouetted between the lines of tethered horses.
  • Extract from : « Stories by English Authors: Orient » by Various
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