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