gaberdine

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

/ ˈgæb ərˌdin, ˌgæb ərˈdin /

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noun

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

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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 tabardotabard

Words nearby gaberdine

gabble, gabbro, gabby, Gabe, gabelle, gaberdine, gaberlunzie, Gaberones, Gabès, gabfest, gabion

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How to use gaberdine in a sentence

He was old, and his woollen gaberdine still reeked of the stinking artemisia of the mountain passes.
Kim|Rudyard Kipling
A picturesque grey-headed and grey-bearded old Jew, in a shovel-hat and gaberdine.'
Our Mutual Friend|Charles Dickens
He wore a black gaberdine and a large hat with a turned-down brim.
My Memoirs|Marguerite Steinheil
I promised, as the price of your admission, to hide me under his bearish gaberdine, and prompt him in the hour of need.
Kenilworth|Sir Walter Scott

A shrivelled arm, a dropsied leg, were to Ribera what a breast-plate and a gaberdine were to Rembrandt.
The life and writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume III (of 3)|Henry Fuseli

British Dictionary definitions for gaberdine

gaberdine

/ (ˈɡæbəˌdiːn, ˌɡæbəˈdiːn) /

noun

a variant spelling of gabardine

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