0 a thick cloth that is especially used for making coats
There has also been an increase in the cost of linings in the case of gabardines and wage increases in the clothing industry during the last year.
She explains how he approached her, and felt her gabardine jacket between his thumb and forefinger rather seductively.
At the start the uniforms were tailor-made of silver-gray gabardine with royal blue piping.
Twilled fabrics such as whipcord, gabardine and serge are often made from worsted yarn.
Warp-faced twills include cavalry twill, chino, covert, denim, drill, fancy twill, gabardine, and lining twill.
Gabardine was also used widely in the 1950s to produce colourful patterned casual jackets, trousers and suits.
The weave used for whipcord is a steep-angled twill, essentially the same weave as a cavalry twill or a steep gabardine.
The new costumes cost $3,000, and were made out of a wool gabardine.