gaberdine(n = noun.artifact) dust coat, duster, gabardine, smock - a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles;
is a kind of coverall
A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress. Shak. [1913 Webster]
See Gabardine. [1913 Webster]
gaberdine, n.
1 var. of GABARDINE.
2 hist. a loose long upper garment worn esp. by Jews and almsmen.
Etymology:
OF gauvardine perh. f. MHG wallevart pilgrimage