Garbed
[gahrb] /gɑrb/
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.
/ɡɑːb/
noun
1.
clothes, esp the distinctive attire of an occupation or profession: clerical garb
2.
style of dress; fashion
3.
external appearance, covering, or attire
verb
4.
(transitive) to clothe or cover; attire
n.
1590s, “elegance, stylishness,” from Middle French garbe “graceful outline” (Modern French galbe), from Italian garbo “grace, elegance,” perhaps from Germanic (cf. Old High German gar(a)wi “dress, equipment, preparation;” see gear). Sense of “fashion of dress” is first attested 1620s.
v.
1836, from garb (n.). Related: Garbed; garbing.
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