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Definition of gaberdine in English: gaberdine(North American gabardine) nounˌɡabəˈdiːnˈɡabədiːn 1mass noun A smooth, durable twill-woven worsted or cotton cloth. 轧别丁,华达呢 as modifier a gaberdine suit Example sentencesExamples - The small size also allows us to observe textural differences, such as the distinction between wool gabardine and cotton shirting, without the substances becoming unduly associative.
- You may want a cleaner that is doing a lot of hand ironing and soft steaming as opposed to machine pressing, which is death to a fabric like gabardine.
- Firm, stable fabrics such as melton and gabardine hold the cut edge shape with minimal staystitching.
- Although gabardine is a popular fabric, it is one that shines prematurely.
- Cut sections 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14 and 15 from wool gabardine along the fabric straight of grain.
- Look for classics updated in fabrics such as corduroy, wool woven in gabardine, herringbone and glen plaid.
- Look for all-season fabrics like wool gabardine, cotton blends or rayon crepe.
- He had a light blue gabardine suit with very tight pants.
- The tanned, trim body was wearing a blue-and-white striped jersey with the sleeves pushed up and gabardine pants.
- Once we entered the building, I just stared at all the fabric, completely awestruck by all the silk, wool, gabardine - whatever you could possibly want.
- Although my school days were spent wearing dredged-pond green gabardine, I'm now hugely relieved that I never felt any pressure to look good in the classroom.
- During World War II he acquired a government contract to manufacture covert and gabardine trousers.
- Technology and the Internet are also taking interest away from the wonders of wool and gabardine, he said.
- I think price is an issue only when it's a basic replacement item, like a gabardine suit.
- For daywear, I have used gabardine and crepe and for evening, there are vibrant silks and chiffon.
- They are made of various fabrics (wool crepe, wool gabardine, cotton), but are all dry clean only.
- So look for mid-weight gabardine and worsted wool, which are comfortable in all temperatures.
- They were basically condemned to flowing tents and baggy ill-fitting gabardine outfits displayed in middle-class department stores.
- A good worsted wool has nap or texture, is less subject to shine, and will wear longer than gabardine.
- Authenticity is found in English herringbone, cotton gabardine and corduroy.
- 1.1British count noun A raincoat made of gaberdine.
〈英〉华达呢雨衣 Willie hung his gaberdine and cap on his peg Example sentencesExamples - The girl wore a wide rimmed black hat full with dark lace, a black gabardine and she stood on the toes of her shinny black buckle shoes to place the rose.
- My last school gaberdine was new for my fourth year, although by then school coat regulation had begun to relax.
- They were not much to look at-tanned, tattered, inhabited, maybe, but under their frowsy gaberdines was a complete mail of money belts, and they were just as good as gold.
- Was that really how I looked, I wondered, how I appeared to others, the gabardine sitting rakishly on the shoulders, the sleeves hanging free?
- Surrounded by a sea of heavy overcoats and gabardines, he finally caught the eye of a barman.
- He also undertook to give a touch to Ignacio-adult's gabardines and shorts.
- The firm makes denims, drills, general protective clothing and gaberdines.
- They wore jackets of Scotch tweed and flannel suits in winter, blue blazers and gabardines in summer; all of it they'd had tailored by New Haven tailors like Chipp or Langrock's.
2historical A long, loose upper garment, worn particularly by Jews. 〈史〉(尤指犹太人穿的)粗布长袍;乞丐袍 Example sentencesExamples - The Jewish quarter, known as Podol, was teeming with Orthodox Jews with their sidelocks and long gaberdines, much like those who lived at the lower end of Krochmalna.
- The Jews dressed in long gaberdines, in hats hemmed with fox fur, walk in the streets.
- Outside of the Ghetto the modern Shylock is envisioned as a man of mode, whose proverbial gabardine has been replaced by the latest Parisian cry.
OriginEarly 16th century: from Old French gauvardine, earlier gallevardine, perhaps from Middle High German wallevart 'pilgrimage' and originally 'a garment worn by a pilgrim'. The textile sense is first recorded in the early 20th century. |