Gaberdine\'s

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

gab·er·dine

[gab-er-deen, gab-er-deen]
noun
1.
Also, gabardine. a long, loose coat or frock for men, worn in the Middle Ages, especially by Jews.
2.
gabardine (def. 1).

Origin:
1510–20; < Middle French gauvardine, gallevardine < Spanish gabardina, perhaps a conflation of gabán (≪ Arabic qabā men's overgarment) and tabardina, diminutive of tabardo tabard
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