Talk:Gabardine

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The only thing between him and us is a thin layer of gabardine...:-)

Big mistake highlighted by Stephen Fry[edit]

Stephen Fry has tweeted pointing out a mistake in this article. The fabric could not have been invented in 1888 if it was mentioned in the Merchant of Venice. Perhaps someone with more knowledge in the field than I can fix this article up. —Half Price 20:26, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's not the fabric Gabardine, but the cloak Gaberdine: they're similar spellings. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 21:57, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Aha, well done! —Half Price 13:55, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OED's earliest citation for gaberdine or gabardine "A loose upper garment of coarse material; a smock frock" is "1520 (in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1857) I. 39, I bequeth unto litill Tomas Beke my gawbardyne to make hym a gowne."

Interestingly, their earliest cite for the fabric is 1904: "1904 Ladies' Field 14 May 426/1 Gabardine, a material of flax and cotton, with a wool lining, both gabardine and lining being waterproofed."

I should be able to pull together something on the garment (at least enough in some other article to support a disambiguation link here), and I can probably add citations to this article as well. Let me dig out some books and add this to my ever-growing to-do list... - PKM (talk) 18:26, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We now have an article gaberdine for the garment. - PKM (talk) 21:18, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Added citations and cross-links here. Good to go. - PKM (talk) 21:57, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In popular culture[edit]

I think there needs to be a pop culture section. Gabardine is noted in fiction, as well as in America (Simon & Garfunkel song). Bearian (talk) 01:32, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Attribution[edit]

Text and references copied from Performance (textiles) Talk to Gabardine, See former article's history for a list of contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 09:07, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]