noun
1.
a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind: in the garb of a monk.
2.
wearing apparel; clothes.
3.
outward appearance or form.
verb (used with object)
4.
to dress; clothe.
Origin:
1585–95; < Middle French garbe graceful outline < Old Italian garbo grace < Germanic; compare Old High German garawen, Old English gearwian to prepare, adorn (see gar2), gear
1585–95; < Middle French garbe graceful outline < Old Italian garbo grace < Germanic; compare Old High German garawen, Old English gearwian to prepare, adorn (see gar2), gear
Related forms
garb·less, adjective
un·der·garb, noun
un·garbed, adjective
Synonyms
1. style, cut. 2. clothing, dress, costume, attire.
1. style, cut. 2. clothing, dress, costume, attire.
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| —n | |
| 1. | clothes, esp the distinctive attire of an occupation or profession: clerical garb |
| 2. | style of dress; fashion |
| 3. | external appearance, covering, or attire |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to clothe or cover; attire |
| [C16: from Old French garbe graceful contour, from Old Italian garbo grace, probably of Germanic origin] | |
| 'garbless | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
garb
1590s, "elegance, stylishness," from M.Fr. garbe "graceful outline," from It. garbo "grace, elegance," perhaps from Gmc. (cf. O.H.G. gar(a)wi "dress, equipment, preparation;" see gear). Sense of "fashion of dress" is first attested 1620s. The verb is from 1836. Related: Garbed.
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Example sentences
How a bred-for-bespoke fella pays for fancy garb without two dimes to rub together.
And letting such profiteers in, under the garb of conservators, is a cause for alarm.
Promising to be a prolonged spectacle, it was launched with a parade of scores of prominent reformists in prison garb.
He describes the garb as fashion for the no-collar workforce.
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