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Gabardine

Meaning in fashion & textiles, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In fashion & textiles, gabardine means: Closely woven fabric with a steep diagonal twill rib.

In Turkish: gabardin

How it is used

Used for trousers and coats; specify composition because gabardine can contain different fibres.

Example sentences

  1. The cotton gabardine was firm enough for the trench coat collar.

    The name describes the tightly woven cloth, not a particular garment.

  2. A close photograph shows the steep diagonal ribs in this gabardine.

    The diagonal surface structure helps distinguish the weave from plain cloth.

Common collocations

  • cotton gabardine
  • gabardine trousers
  • fabricCloth made by weaving, knitting or bonding fibres or yarns together, used to make clothes, home textiles and many other products.
  • weaveThe pattern in which the lengthwise warp yarns and crosswise weft yarns are interlaced in a woven fabric, such as plain, twill or satin.

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