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gambroon|gæmˈbruːn|
[Presumably named from Gambroon, a town on the Persian Gulf (otherwise called Bender Abbasi).]
(See quots.)
1831Lincoln Herald 9 Sept. 3/6 A shooting jacket of green gambroon. 1847Lytton Lucretia (1853) 141 No amateur in neat gambroon, manufactured by Inkson. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Gambroon, a kind of twilled cloth for linings. 1892Ibid. Suppl., Gambroons, an all-wool fabric for men's wear. 1894Harris Techn. Fire Insur. Comment., Gambroon, twilled linen-cloth for linings of dresses.
attrib.1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. Ind. (1854) 84 A couple of pair of merino or gambroon trousers. |