garb

CEFRC1

/ɡɑː(ɹ)b/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Clothing, especially of a particular type or style.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A guise, external appearance.

Examples

  • Dressed in ceremonial garb, he began the ritual.

  • He was dressed in a minister's garb.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A type of dress or clothing.

  2. Fashion, style of dressing oneself up.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To dress in garb.

More examples

In context

  • You thought, because he could not speak English in the native garb, he could not therefore handle an English cudgel.

  • This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.

  • Yorkshire supplied 500 bows, and 580 garbs of arrows, 360 of which had iron heads pointed with steel.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle French garbe ("graceful outline, silhouette"; > Modern French galbe), from Italian garbo (“grace, elegance”), from Germanic (compare Old High German garwi, garawi (“dress, equipment, preparation”), Middle High German gerwe (“outfitting, jewelry, clothing, robe, regalia”), modern German Gärbe, Gerbe and English gear), ultimately from Frankish *garwijan (“to prepare”), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”).