Hypertext Webster Gateway: "garb"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Garb \Garb\, n. [F. gerbe, OF. also garbe, OHG. garba, G. garbe;
cf. Skr. grbh to seize, E. grab.] (Her.)
A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Garb \Garb\, v. t.
To clothe; array; deck.

These black dog-Dons Garb themselves bravely.
--Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Garb \Garb\, n. [OF. garbe looks, countenance, grace, ornament,
fr. OHG. garaw[=i], garw[=i], ornament, dress. akin to E.
gear. See {Gear}, n.]
1.
(a) Clothing in general.
(b) The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person,
especially when indicating rank or office; as, the
garb of a clergyman or a judge.
(c) Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the
16th century.

2. External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or
character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech.

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

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

garb
n : clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
[syn: {attire}, {dress}]
v : provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
and dress their child" [syn: {dress}, {clothe}, {enclothe},
{raiment}, {tog}, {garment}, {habilitate}, {fit out}, {apparel}]
[ant: {undress}]


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