gabardine

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The fashion house’s founder, Thomas Burberry, invented the fabric gabardine, a breathable material used for rainwear, in the late 1800s.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2024

Mallory and Irvine, wearing wool and gabardine, hobnailed leather boots and homemade oxygen sets, disappeared into a swirling cloud on that fateful day, never to be seen alive again.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2022

In fact, purists insist that the best versions are the stiff, gabardine PE shorts sold in John Lewis’s school uniform department for less than a tenner.

From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2020

To his usual attire of understated jeans and sneakers, he adds a black gabardine coat for warmth in his chilly space.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2016

He cut through the heavy gabardine cloth all the way around the thigh in a straight line.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller