gabert

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noun

A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation.

OriginGerman Gabert →
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Meanings

gabert1

noungabert (plural gaberts)

plural gaberts

  1. ScotlandA lighter, or vessel for inland navigation.

    In a block or pully, near the head of the mast of a gabert, now lying at the Broomielaw, there is chaffinch's nest

    1793, anonymous author, Buckinghamshire Herald

Gabert2

proper nounGabert (plural Gaberts)

plural Gaberts

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

gabert · noun

Compare French gabare, Breton kobar, gobar.

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Gabert · proper noun

  1. GermanGabert
  2. EnglishGabert

Borrowed from German Gabert.

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APA

gabert. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gabert

MLA

“gabert.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gabert. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gabert,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gabert.

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