jan 1, 1573 - gaberdine

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A loose upper garment of coarse material, a mantle worn by either sex. 1528 <i>To the said Edmunde ... my galbadyne,</i> Hornsea Beck (SS70/238); 1535 <i>To John Dowson my kynseman my gawberdyne, </i>Thirsk (YAJ22/222); 1546 <i>I giue ... to William Knolles my best galberdyne</i>, Wakefield (Th19/166); 1556 <i>I bequeath to Alice Hartley my gaberdyn,</i> Wakefield (Th27/96); 1573 <i>To the wife of William my son my reade cap, my garberdyne</i>, Crosthwaite (SS26/235). The etymology is uncertain, although it derives from an Old French word that may ultimately be of Germanic origin, meaning pilgrimage. It is worth noting that a ‘pelerine’ was also a mantle. The use of the word for a specialist waterproof material, often spelt ‘gabardine’, dates only from the early 1900s.

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