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
Up close, her fabrications are enchanting: Most pieces in the store that come in chiffon, gabardine or cotton poplin also come in tulle in the same cut.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2017
Meanwhile, a vest required some internal structure and a fabric to support it—a wool gabardine, say, or a flannel.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
