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What (who) is gaberdine - definition
LONG, LOOSE GOWN OR CLOAK WITH WIDE SLEEVES, WORN BY MEN IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES AND INTO THE 16TH CENTURY
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gaberdine
[?gab?'di:n, 'gab?di:n]
(also gabardine)
¦ noun
1. a smooth, durable twill-woven worsted or cotton cloth.
Brit. a raincoat made of gaberdine.
2. historical a loose, long upper garment worn particularly by Jews.
Origin
C16: from OFr. gauvardine, earlier gallevardine, perh. from Mid. High Ger. wallevart 'pilgrimage' and orig. 'a garment worn by a pilgrim'.
Gaberdine
·noun ·see Gabardine.
II. Gaberdine ·noun A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress.
Gaberdine
A gaberdine or gabardine is a long, loose gown or cloak with wide sleeves, worn by men in the later Middle Ages and into the 16th century.Cumming (2010), p.
Wikipedia
Gaberdine
A gaberdine or gabardine is a long, loose gown or cloak with wide sleeves, worn by men in the later Middle Ages and into the 16th century.
In The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare uses the phrase "Jewish gaberdine" to describe the garment worn by Shylock, and the term gaberdine has been subsequently used to refer to the overgown or mantle worn by Jews in the medieval era.
Examples of use of gaberdine
1. Instead, he had just woollen and gaberdine clothes, woollen gloves and hats, leather boots, a sleeping bag fashioned out of reindeer skin and a basic tent.
2. Nobody wants their spouse followed down the street by a shadowy figure in a trenchcoat, no matter how classy the trenchcoat – and let me tell you, my gaberdine number with the knotted belt is pretty goddamned classy. ‘What‘s a man to do?