Gaberdine
[,gæbə'diːn;'gæbədiːn] or [,gæbɚ'din]
Definition
(n.) A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress.
(n.) See Gabardine.
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Definition
n. a loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews.
Edited by Donnie
Examples
- I am an impoverished wretch--the very gaberdine I wear is borrowed from Reuben of Tadcaster. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- So saying, he was turning his mule's head away, when the Palmer, in his turn, took hold of his gaberdine. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- A picturesque grey-headed and grey-bearded old Jew, in a shovel-hat and gaberdine. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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