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Posted By: GUEST
20-Oct-16 - 01:25 AM
Thread Name: Cockeyed Jenny yiddish radio advert
Subject: RE: Cockeyed Jenny yiddish radio advert
Gabardine is a high quality cloth used for men's better quality clothing.

gab·ar·dine
ˈɡabərˌdēn/
noun
a smooth, durable twill-woven cloth, typically of worsted or cotton.
BRITISH
a raincoat made of gabardine.
plural noun: gaberdines; plural noun: gabardines
historical
a loose long upper garment, worn particularly by Jewish men.

Gabardine is a tough, tightly woven fabric used to make suits, overcoats, trousers, uniforms, windbreakers, and other garments

The fibre used to make the fabric is traditionally worsted wool, but may also be cotton, texturized polyester, or a blend. Gabardine is woven as a warp-faced steep or regular twill, with a prominent diagonal rib on the face and smooth surface on the back. Gabardine always has many more warp than weft yarns

an ankle-length loose coat or frock worn by men, esp by Jews, in the Middle Ages