gabardine
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The experiment with traditional suiting fabrics, from pinstripe and tweed to cotton gabardine, took a different turn through with folded pleats.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2023
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
Brinker looked the standard preparatory school article in his gray gabardine suit with square, hand-sewn-looking jacket pockets, a conservative necktie, and dark brown cordovan shoes.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
