Barbour
/ˈbɑːbə
/(also Barbour jacket)
noun trademark
A type of green waxed outdoor jacket.The description of a man in a green Barbour style jacket with dark collar length hair has cropped up a number of times in the investigation into the murder....
- Rating: 5/10 Items can be costly, but a Barbour jacket is designed to last a lifetime - send it back and they'll even re-wax it.
- Hence the same sheepskin jackets, wool coats and Barbours turn up year after year.
Origin
Named after John Barbour (died 1918), a draper in NE England who sold waterproof clothing.
Rhymes
- phonofilm
- phonogenic
- phonogram
- phonogramic
- phonogrammatic
- phonogrammic
- phonograph
- phonographed
- phonographer
- phonographic
- phonographically
- phonograph record
- phonography
- phonolaryngoscope
- phonolite
- phonolith
- phonolitic
- phonologic
- phonological
- phonologically
- phonologist
- phonologization
- phonology
- phonometer
- phonometric