GABERDINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gaberdine mean? 

• GABERDINE (noun)
  The noun GABERDINE has 1 sense:

1. a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles

  Familiarity information: GABERDINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GABERDINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dust coat; duster; gabardine; gaberdine; smock

Hypernyms ("gaberdine" is a kind of...):

coverall (a loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing)

 Context examples 

Here passed the round-faced burgher, swollen with prosperity, his sweeping dark-clothed gaberdine, flat velvet cap, broad leather belt and dangling pouch all speaking of comfort and of wealth.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mine eye catches at times a flash and sparkle among yonder houses which assuredly never came from shipman's jacket or the gaberdine of a burgher.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)