Meanings
noungaberdine (countable and uncountable, plural gaberdines)
plural gaberdines
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of gabardine (“long cloak”).
He was an unshaven little man in a threadbare coat like a gaberdine, with his feet in slippers, and I thought him a harmless fool.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 201 - alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of gabardine (“textile”).
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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APA
gaberdine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaberdine
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Chicago
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