/gab"euhr deen', gab'euhr deen"/ , n.
1. Also, gabardine . a long, loose coat or frock for men, worn in the Middle Ages, esp. by Jews.
2. gabardine (def. 1).
[ 1510-20; gauvardine, gallevardine gabardina, perh. a conflation of gabán ( qaba men's overgarment) and tabardina, dim. of tabardo TABARD ]