[mass noun]a smooth, durable twill-woven cloth, typically of worsted or cotton 轧别丁,华达呢 ■[count noun](Brit.)a raincoat made of such cloth (英)华达呢雨衣 ■(historical)a loose long upper garment, associated particularly with Jews and beggars (史)(尤指犹太人穿的)粗布长袍;乞丐袍
语源
early 16th cent.: from Old French gauvardine, earlier gallevardine, perhaps from Middle High German wallevart 'pilgrimage' and originally 'a garment worn by a pilgrim'. The textile sense is first recorded in the early 20th cent