long cloak with a hood, was orbace [it], a heavy woolen fabric, which in Sicily was almost always colored in black. Of orbace for example is the typical...

Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine. V. Ilari e A. Sema, Marte in orbace, Casa Editrice Nuove Ricerche, Ancona, 1988. E. Lucas e G. De Vecchi, Storia...

among the most varied, ranging from the typical Sardinian woollen fabric (orbace) to silk and from linen to leather. The various components of the feminine...

(2014). "Stivaloni, camicia nera e orbace. Italiani a Villa Regina (Patagonia))" [High boots, black shirt and orbace. Italians in Villa Regina (Patagonia)]...

wool, ewes about 1.2 kg; the wool is of coarse quality. It is used to make orbace, a coarse hand-woven cloth, from which two traditional Sardinian garments...

in particular linen, cotton, raw canvas and rough woolen fabric (called orbace) production, that were importantly sold to other towns within the Medio...