garb
a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind: in the garb of a monk.
wearing apparel; clothes.
outward appearance or form.
to dress; clothe.
Origin of garb
1Other 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
While Twain loved to be colorfully garbed, he began experimenting with wearing all white as early as the 1870s.
“What Obama has done so far is about perfect,” Kadivar, garbed in his traditional cleric's robes, said.
Ito was accompanied at the party by four men in identical black suits who looked wildly out of place in the hippie-garbed crowd.
Acid Trips and Frozen Heads at San Francisco’s Trippiest Party | Kate Coleman | February 18, 2009 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Maker of Sounds was garbed in an all-enveloping white burnous and a white skull cap.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays | VariousThe slender strangely garbed Terran might be of the same blood as his own, but he was as great an enemy as Those Others!
Star Born | Andre Norton
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 SpyriShe 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 BuckThrough 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
/ (ɡɑːb) /
clothes, esp the distinctive attire of an occupation or profession: clerical garb
style of dress; fashion
external appearance, covering, or attire
(tr) to clothe or cover; attire
Origin of garb
1Derived forms of garb
- garbless, adjective
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