English▸ noun a smooth, durable twill-woven cloth, typically of worsted or cotton.
▪ British a raincoat made of gabardine.
▪ (usually gaberdine) historical a loose long upper garment, worn particularly by Jewish men.
– ORIGIN early 16th century : from Old French gauvardine, earlier gallevardine, perhaps from Middle High German wallevart ‘pilgrimage’ and originally ‘a garment worn by a pilgrim’. The textile sense is first recorded in the early 20th century.