garb

[ gahrb ]
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noun
  1. a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind: in the garb of a monk.

  2. wearing apparel; clothes.

  1. outward appearance or form.

verb (used with object)
  1. to dress; clothe.

Origin of garb

1
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

Other words for garb

Other words from garb

  • garbless, adjective
  • un·der·garb, noun
  • un·garbed, adjective

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How to use garb in a sentence

  • Full moonlight fell on the armor he was garbed in and made it, as well as the high helmet with waving plumes, glitter brightly.

    Maezli | Johanna Spyri
  • She stood over him, slender, and simply garbed in a blue calico dress and a blue calico sun-bonnet.

    The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville Buck
  • Through the iron palings they could see a white-garbed figure walking with measured tread amid the shrubs of the frozen garden.

    Ghost Beyond the Gate | Mildred A. Wirt

British Dictionary definitions for garb

garb

/ (ɡɑːb) /


noun
  1. clothes, esp the distinctive attire of an occupation or profession: clerical garb

  2. style of dress; fashion

  1. external appearance, covering, or attire

verb
  1. (tr) to clothe or cover; attire

Origin of garb

1
C16: from Old French garbe graceful contour, from Old Italian garbo grace, probably of Germanic origin

Derived forms of garb

  • garbless, adjective

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