Gabardine
Dense fabric in a steep twill weave with a fine, steep diagonal rib on the face. Gabardine is smooth, hard-wearing and weather-resistant and is woven from wool or cotton. It is used for trousers and for raincoats such as the mac coat. The fabric became known through Thomas Burberry, who used it for weatherproof coats.
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- Gabardine trousersCotton trousers made of gabardine: denser, smoother and a little heavier than chinos, with a fine, steep diagonal rib.
- Mac coatPlain, single-breasted raincoat without a belt and epaulettes, usually knee-length and made of cotton gabardine.
- WorstedWool whose fibers are combed and aligned in parallel before spinning.
- FrescoWorsted in an open plain weave made of highly twisted yarns.
- HopsackWool fabric in a basket weave, in which two or more threads are interlaced together.
- FlannelSoft wool fabric with a brushed, matte surface, often made of woolen yarn.