Fabrics made of yarns that aren't tightly twisted, such as gabardine, are particularly prone to shine. From Wordnik.com. [When Suits Suffer from Wear and Tear] Reference
We had overalls of two different materials: Burberry "gabardine" and the ordinary green kind that is used in Norway in the winter. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ Plan and Preparations] Reference
"gabardine" and the ordinary green kind that is used in Norway in the winter. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1] Reference
She rubbed her palms on her dark blue gabardine slacks. From Wordnik.com. [Brannon's Choice]
These ladies wear blousy shirts and faded gabardine skirts. From Wordnik.com. [Along Came a Spider]
He was wearing an expensively tailored cream gabardine suit. From Wordnik.com. [The Season of the Machete]
He looked commanding -- that gabardine suit gave him some bulk. From Wordnik.com. [American Tabloid]
We were in gabardine uniforms, with ties, badges and name plates. From Wordnik.com. [ROBOCOPS: PROFESSIONAL POLICING OF POLITICAL PROTEST] Reference
His hands were stuffed in the pockets of his old gabardine slacks. From Wordnik.com. [The Waste Lands]
She was slender and tall and was dressed in a blue gabardine suit. From Wordnik.com. [Warning Signs]
His navy T-shirt and gabardine pants were plastered to every muscle. From Wordnik.com. [The Pull of the Moon]
He carried a gabardine overcoat over one arm and wore dark suede shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Nine Princes In Amber]
Steban peered at me, taking in my natty Hawaiian shirt and gabardine slacks. From Wordnik.com. [DarklyDreamingDexter]
He was wearing a very smart gabardine suit of a shiny, almost luminous brown. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and Monsieur Charles]
One of the most vigorous assaults on the gabardine in question, comes to us as. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Ahead of them, running with head averted, was a man dressed in a long gabardine. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
What I had taken to be a frock coat was actually a black gabardine academic robe. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
They are compelled to wear one costume -- a long black gabardine and a black skull-cap. From Wordnik.com. [In the Tail of the Peacock] Reference
He wore an olive-green gabardine suit that didn't go with his pink redhead's complexion. From Wordnik.com. [Time and Again]
'He pointed to a tall neat gabardine-suited bloke, who had bid last in a foreign accent. From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican Rip]
It had been made by our able sailmaker, Rionne, and was of very thin windproof gabardine. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ At the Pole] Reference
For trouser suits, look to Bottega Veneta's gabardine jacket, £ 1,260, and trousers, £ 410. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Sort of Black?] Reference
He was wearing a three-piece suit of beige gabardine with a white shirt, cuff links, and tie. From Wordnik.com. [Imelda in Exile] Reference
A body in khaki gabardine lay half in and half out of one of the compartments, much decomposed. From Wordnik.com. [On The Beach]
It was Ray Kirschmann's day off and he was wearing brown gabardine slacks and a print sport shirt. From Wordnik.com. [The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza]
"Never know when it could turn chilly," Pete said, nodding fake approval at Ryan's gabardine pants. From Wordnik.com. [Break No Bones]
David Marriott was meticulously suited and vested in beige gabardine, with an M monogrammed on his French cuffs. From Wordnik.com. [Fatal Charm: The Social Web of Claus von Bulow] Reference
She loves the small gabardine suits he arrives in each morning, his muddy green eyes, the lovely way he tips his hat. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives That Came Before You, The Lives That Never End] Reference
Still, she kept her spirits up, dressing-as she always did on the day of a meet-nicely, in gabardine slacks and a sweater. From Wordnik.com. [Broken Symmetry] Reference
It was one of the gambi ts I'd figured him for and I swiveled so that all he made contact with was gabardine. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Test]
Like the one she stepped into now, a black wool gabardine number with a high neck and long sleeves, and a matching black jacket. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Cradle]
There were only about a dozen officers in the great wardroom, six of them in the khaki gabardine working uniform of the U.S. Navy. From Wordnik.com. [On The Beach]
Should he now keep the gabardine of his forefathers, yes, and the credulities and ceremonies of a circumscribed and persecuted people?. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
Five men in khaki gabardine sat with two women in easy chairs around a table; in the light breeze he saw the flutter of a summer frock. From Wordnik.com. [On The Beach]
Throughout Spent, she lingers over descriptions of buttery suedes and designer creations cut from "dark blue lightweight gabardine wool.". From Wordnik.com. [Marcia G. Yerman: Compulsive Shopping - The Closeted Addiction] Reference
Kurt Wilberding/The Wall Street Journal A coyote vest (right), and camel gabardine anorak (left) from Michael Kors's Fall 2010 collection. From Wordnik.com. [Into Michael Kor's Core] Reference
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