† gabaragen.
Obsolete. rare.
A type of cloth used in Ireland for packing goods.Apparently only recorded in dictionaries and glossaries.
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1697 E. Hatton Merchant's Mag. (ed. 2) 230/1 Gabarage [1719 gabaridge], that which Irish Goods are wrapped in.
1728 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 4) Gabarage, Wrappers in which Irish Goods are wrapped.
1741 J. Mair Book-keeping Methodiz'd (ed. 2) 239/1 Gabarage [1800 gaborage], wrappers in which Irish goods are packed up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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