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A G-string is a very brief, bare minimal brief worn by women. The G-string is typically used by models who need to hide the appearance of underwear under the clothes they are modelling, and is also used in the sex industry in an erotic role.
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Gabardine is a fabric particularly suited to water-proofing, composed of fine botany wool yarn warp, and cotton weft which are waterproofed before weaving. The name is also given to a raincoat with wide raglan sleeves, fastened at the centre front, sometimes belted, made from the material.
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A Gainsborough was a type of 18th century wealthy woman's hat made from black velvet or taffeta, with a round crown and a wide brim that flops down and decorated with ostrich plumes and ribbons.
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A gaiter or spat is a cloth or leather covering for the leg or ankle buttoned on one side and usually strapped under the foot.
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Galatea is a strong twill-weave cotton fabric, striped or plain, used for clothing. It was named after the man- of-war H.M.S. Galatea, and the fabric was at one time in demand for use in making children's sailor suits.
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In fashion, gallant was a form of decoration comprising ribbon loops and bows applied in abundance over the surface of a garment. Gallant was most popular among men during the 17th century.
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Galligaskins or gallygaskins were loose wide breeches worn by men in the 17th century. Later the term was applied to leather leggings worn in the 19th century.
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A galosh was originally a clog or wooden sole attached by a strap to a shoe of more delicate material. The term is now used for any overshoe.
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A gambeson or gipon was a quilted and padded or stuffed leather or cloth garment worn under chain mail in the Middle Ages. The Christian crusaders wore a parti-coloured gambeson. Later the gambeson was worn as a type of doublet by men and women.
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A Gandhi cap is a cap made of white hand-woven cloth worn by some men in India.
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A garde de corps was a French man's cloak with full hanging sleeves worn in the 13th century.
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A garibaldi was a men's or woman's loose, bright red coloured blouse or shirt with long sleeves, a collar, and fastening down the front with buttons or toggles, sometimes belted, but always with a military flavour. Garibaldis were popular in the 1850's and 1860's for both children and adults, and were copied from the red flannel shirt worn by Garibaldi's soldiers.
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A garter is an accessory used for holding up socks or stockings. Originally garters tied on, with the invention of elastic they became slip on devices. Garters may be decorative or simply functional.
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Garter stitch is a form of knitting in which all the rows are knitted in plain stitch instead of alternating with purl rows.
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Gatya are coarse linen trousers once worn by men in Hungary. They are of simple construction, comprising a series of rectangles with a gusset between the legs and a drawstring waist. The resulting trousers were very full when worn, hanging to just below the knee and were often worn with boots.
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A gaucho is a type of wide legged trouser worn by Argentinean cowboys.
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A gauntlet is a glove with an extended cuff which covers the wrist. The original gauntlet was part of a medieval knight's armour and was made of chain-mail or armour plate.
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Gauze is a thin transparent stuff of silk, linen, or cotton. It is either plain or figured, the latter being sometimes worked with flowers of silver or gold.
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Genappe is a smooth worsted yarn used for braid.
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The general is an English style of moustache, similar to the American sloping box car moustache, but thinned out and more splayed at the bottom of the sides.
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Geneva bands are a pair of white lawn or linen strips hanging from the front of the neck or collar of some ecclesiastical and academic robes.
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A Geneva gown is a long loose black gown with very wide sleeves worn by academics, Protestant clerics and the American judiciary.
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Georgette crepe is a thin silk or cotton crepe fabric with a mat finish.
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A ghillie is a Scottish dancing shoe, laced up through cut-outs on the front of the shoe. The ghillie was widely popularised by Edward VIII and is also known as a Prince of Wales Shoe.
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A ghillie suit is a camouflaged coverall designed for snipers. Ghillie suits are usually covered with camouflage netting, which covers all the wearer's body, even his hands and feet, and allows local materials to be inserted to assist with blending in to the environment.
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A giaberello was a men's jacket worn in Italy during the 14th and 15th centuries. The giaberello was made from semi-circular pieces of fabric - often brocade - sewn together at the centre to form flat pleats, and the finished garment was often trimmed with fur.
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A Gibson girl is a women's round hat with a wide-brim, shallow crown, and richly decorated.
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The gibus is a type of opera hat named after its maker.
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A gilet is a women's light, often fur or fake-fur lined waistcoat worn for warmth like a body-warmer.
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Gimp was a thick, silk-covered, woollen or cotton twist cord stiffened by a fine wire or sometimes a coarse thread running through it used to line crinoline dresses. The term also describes a part of a nun's head-gear.
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Gingham is a cotton fabric distinguished from calico by having the colours woven with the fabric, not printed on it. The patterns are various; sometimes fancy designs, sometimes chequered, and sometimes striped. Umbrella ginghams are all of one colour.
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A girdle was originally a type of belt or cord worn around the waist to both secure the clothing and provide a means for carrying a purse or weapon. During the early Middle Ages a woman's girdle would hang down her centre front and at the end would be a book, pomenade, mirror or similar object.
A girdle is a woman's body-shaping undergarment consisting of an elasticised corset which usually extends from the waist to the thighs. Shorter girdles are often known as a 'pantie girdle'.
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A Gladstone bag is a piece of hand luggage consisting of two equal-sized hinged compartments. They are popular with doctors, and are commonly known as a 'doctor's bag'.
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A glengarry or glengarry bonnet is a brimless Scottish, highland woollen cap with a crease down the crown, often with ribbons dangling at the back.
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Gloves are coverings for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. They are made of leather, fur, cloth, silk, linen thread, cotton, worsted, etc. The chief leathers traditionaly used in glove manufacture were doe, buck, and calf-skins; sheep-skin for military gloves; lamb-skin for much of the so-called kid gloves; true kid for the best and finest gloves; and formerly also dog, rat, and kangaroo skins, etc. The leather in all cases undergoes a much lighter dressing than when used for boots and shoes. Leather gloves are usually cut out by means of dies, and sewed by a machine of peculiar construction.
The best woollen, thread, and silk gloves are made by cutting and sewing, but commoner gloves are made by knitting and weaving. In England leather gloves were traditionallly manufactured at London, Worcester, and elsewhere. Limerick was formerly celebrated for gloves of a peculiarly delicate kind. Gloversville, in New York, was the chief American seat of the manufacture. Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany all historically have a reputation for the manufacture of excellent gloves, but France traditionally supplied the world with most of the finer and more expensive kinds.
Large quantities of cotton gloves were formerly manufactured at Nottingham and Leicester; and the greater part of the woollen gloves was made in Wales, Scotland, and the North of England.
Gloves are a very ancient article of dress, and many curious customs and usages are connected with them. Throwing the glove down before a person amounted to a challenge to single combat. The judges in England used to be prohibited wearing gloves on the bench; and it was only in case of a maiden assize that the sheriffs were allowed to present a judge with a pair of gloves.
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A goatee is a small, narrow tuft of beard, resembling that of a goat's beard, worn on the chin.
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A godet is a triangular piece of material inserted into a garment, such as into a skirt to create a flare.
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Gold lace is a fabric woven of silken threads which are either themselves gilt or are covered with fine gilt silver wire. In the former the gold-leaf was traditionally fixed directly on the threads by means of gum. In the latter and finer kind the fine gilt silver wire is twisted compactly round the silk threads, which are then ready for being manufactured into lace.
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A golf jacket is a slightly blouson jacket with knitted rib cuffs and waist, a stand collar and usually a checked lining. The most famous form of golf jacket is the 'Harrington'.
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A goller is a woman's shoulder cape.
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Goloshes is a word introduced into the English language from the French galoche, but originally derived from the Spanish galocha, meaning a wooden shoe or clog. It waa formerly applied by the English to a kind of wooden clogs. By 1910 the name was generally restricted to overshoes, by then generally made of vulcanized india-rubber, and by the mid 20th century the term had come to mean rubber or plastic Wellington-boots.
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The Gordon Tartan is a clan tartan worn by the Gordon Highlanders.
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A gourgandine is a soft corset without support staves.
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The Graham Of Montrose Tartan is a clan tartan.
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Grain-leather is dressed horse-hides, goat-skins, seal-skins, etc, blacked on the grain side, that is the hair side, for making into shoes, boots, etc.
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Gramashes were gaiters reaching to the knees, a type of leggings made of thick, heavy cloth.
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A grandad shirt is a collarless, jersey fabric shirt with a short button placket, small buttons and long, fitted sleeves.
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The Grant Tartan is a clan tartan.
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Grass-cloth is the name of certain beautiful light fabrics made in the East from the fibre of Boehmeria nivea, or China grass, Bromelia Pigna, etc. None of the plants yielding the fibre are grasses.
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Grenadine is a thin gauzy silk or woollen fabric, plain, coloured, or embroidered, used for ladies' dresses, shawls, etc.
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Gros is a heavy silk with a dull finish.
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The guard boot was a leather riding boot, square cut at the top, lined with chamois leather and fitted with loops to help pull it on and spurs for horse riding. Guard boots were worn by officers of the French and British armies during the Napoleonic Wars, including the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon.
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The guardsman is an English style of moustache comprising tow cylindrical wings with round vertical ends and a gap between them in the centre.
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A guepiere or waist-cincher was a women's fitted, laced garment designed to shape the body, restricting the waist into a narrow band.
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A Guernsey is a traditional fisherman's crew necked, knitted pullover made from heavy wools which retain their natural oils to provide some waterproofing. The Guernsey is usually knitted in a navy blue colour.
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A guimpe is a short blouse with sleeves worn under a pinafore dress. The term is also used to describe a piece of starched cloth covering the chest and shoulders of a nun's habit.
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A gun patch is a reinforced patch sewn on to the shoulder of a garment for protection when shooting.
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A gusset is a triangular piece of fabric set into a garment to create an enlarged area.
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A gymslip or drill dress, is a sleeveless, usually belted, tunic or pinafore dress pleated from the neck to the hem, with a wide square neck, reaching from the shoulder to the knee worn by schoolgirls, often as part of a school uniform. The gymslip was introduced at the start of the 20th century, usually woollen and usually worn with knee-length knickers. The gymslip proved a revolutionary success and was quickly adopted for school uniform by schools and convents, by 1920 becoming compulsory wear in many private schools and convents in Britain. The term gymslip later often became erroneously applied to any girl's school uniform outfit comprising a pleated skirt.
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A gypsy hat is a lady's or child's broad-brimmed hat, usually made of straw or felt and decorated with flowers. Gypsy hats of straw, tied down with a white handkerchief were very fashionable at the start of the 19th century as outdoor wear by ladies.
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