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

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