different between gabardine vs wool

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

Etymology

From Middle English wolle, from Old English wull, from Proto-Germanic *wull? (cognate with Saterland Frisian Wulle, German Low German Wull, Dutch wol, German Wolle, Norwegian ull), from Proto-Indo-European *h?w??h?neh? (compare Welsh gwlân, Latin l?na, Lithuanian vìlna, Russian ?????? (vólos), Bulgarian ???? (vlas), Albanian lesh (“wool, hair, fleece”)). Doublet of lana.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w?l/
• (General American) enPR: wo?ol, IPA^(key): /w?l/, [w???], [w??]
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

wool (usually uncountable, plural wools)

1. The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
   • 2006, Nigel Guy Wilson, Ancient Greece, page 692

     The sheep were caught and plucked, because shears had not yet been invented to cut the wool from the sheep's back.

2. A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep.
3. Anything with a texture like that of wool.
   • 1975, Anthony Julian Huxley, Plant and Planet, page 223

     The groundsels have leaves covered in wool for insulation […]

4. A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines.
5. (obsolete) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
6. (Britain, New Zealand) yarn (including that which is made from synthetic fibers.)
7. (Liverpudlian) Derogatory term for residents of the satellite towns outside Liverpool, such as St Helens or Warrington. See also Yonner.

Hyponyms

• (cloth or yarn): felt, tweed, worsted

Coordinate terms

• (hair of sheep): goathair, horsehair, qiviut

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (?ru)

Translations

See also

• wool on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cornish

Noun

wool

1. Soft mutation of gool.