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noun, feminine

gabardine

/ɡa.baʁ.din/

noun, feminine/ɡa.baʁ.din/plural: gabardines

the woolen cloth gaberdine; a long coat with sleeves, notably a raincoat

Borrowed from Spanish gabardina (perhaps influenced by gabán (“overcoat”) and tabardina (“coarse coat”)), from Middle French galverdine, itself probably from (Old or Middle) High German wallevart (“pilgrimage”), in the sense of "pilgrim's cloak".

gabardine — French Dictionary | Passage