different between gabardine vs twill

English

Alternative forms

• gaberdine
• garbardine

Etymology

Recorded since 1904, altering the earlier gaberdine (“long, coarse outer garment”) (since 1520), from Spanish gabardina (perhaps influenced by gabán (“overcoat”) and tabardina (“coarse coat”)), from Middle French galverdine, itself probably from (Old or Middle) High German wallevart (“pilgrimage”), in the sense of “pilgrim's cloak” (from wallen (“to ambulate”) + vart (“journey”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??æb??di?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??æb??din/

Noun

gabardine (usually uncountable, plural gabardines)

1. (uncountable, countable) A type of woolen cloth with a diagonal ribbed texture on one side.

2. (uncountable, countable) A similar fabric, made from cotton.
3. (countable) A gaberdine (garment).
4. (countable, historical) A yellow robe that Jews in England were compelled to wear in the year 1189 as a mark of distinction.

Translations

Further reading

• gabardine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• bargained

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English gabardine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.b?r?di.n?/

Adjective

gabardine (not comparable)

1. made from gabardine

Inflection

Noun

gabardine f (plural gabardines, diminutive gabardinetje n)

1. The woolen (cloth) Gabardine
2. An overcoat or raincoat (of this material)

References

• “gabardine” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gabardina (perhaps influenced by gabán (“overcoat”) and tabardina (“coarse coat”)), from Middle French galverdine, itself probably from (Old or Middle) High German wallevart (“pilgrimage”), in the sense of "pilgrim's cloak"

Pronunciation

Noun

gabardine f (plural gabardines)

1. The woolen cloth gaberdine
2. A long coat with sleeves, notably a raincoat

Further reading

• “gabardine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French, from Spanish gabardina (perhaps influenced by gabán (“overcoat”) and tabardina (“coarse coat”)), from Middle French galverdine, itself probably from (Old or Middle) High German wallevart (“pilgrimage”) in the sense of "pilgrim's cloak"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.bar?di.ne/

Noun

gabardine m (invariable)

1. The woolen cloth gabardine
2. An overcoat or raincoat, (originally) of this material

Portuguese

Noun

gabardine f (plural gabardines)

1. Alternative form of gabardina

English

Alternative forms

• tweel

Etymology

From Middle English twyll, twylle, from Old English twilic (“two-threaded”), a partial calque of Latin bilix, bilic-, from bis (“twice”) + licium (“thread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tw?l/
• Rhymes: -?l
• Homophone: 'twill

Noun

twill (countable and uncountable, plural twills)

1. (weaving) A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.
   • 1973, P. R. Lord, M. H. Mohamed, Weaving: Conversion of Yarn to Fabric, 2nd Edition, page 167,

     The twill weave is always given a direction; a right-hand twill is one in which the twill line runs from bottom left to top right and a left-hand twill is one in which the twill line runs from bottom right to top left. The angle of the twill is determined by the amount of shift in the points of interlacing.

   • 2000, Walter S. Sondhelm, 4: Technical fabric structures - 1. Woven fabrics, A. Richard Horrocks, Subhash C. Anand (editors), Handbook of Technical Textiles, page 68,

     Industrial uses of twill fabrics are mainly restricted to simple twills and only simple twills are described here. Broken twills, waved twills, herringbone twills and elongated twills are extensively used for suiting and dress fabrics.

   • 2002, Dianne Rose Jackman, Mary K. Dixon, Jill Condra, The Guide to Textiles for Interiors, page 98,

     Herringbone fabrics are a twill variation having the twill line reversed at regular intervals.

2. A cloth or portion of cloth woven in such a pattern.
   • 2006, Mark Montano, Carly Sommerstein, Window Treatments and Slipcovers For Dummies, page 33,

     Plain cotton twills, such as canvas, sailcloth, and denim, in mediumweight fabrics, can be a good choice for informal rooms that receive considerable wear and tear, such as rec rooms, dens, playrooms, or children's bedrooms.

Derived terms

• twill tape

Translations

Verb

twill (third-person singular simple present twills, present participle twilling, simple past and past participle twilled)

1. (transitive) To weave (cloth, etc.) so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.

Derived terms

• twilled