garb

Definitions


[ɡɑːb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- clothing, especially of a distinctive or special kind
(e.g: kids in combat garb)


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Origin:
late 16th century: via French from Italian garbo ‘elegance’, of Germanic origin; related to gear


[ɡɑːb], (Verb)

Definitions:
- dress in distinctive clothes
(e.g: she was garbed in Indian shawls)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: via French from Italian garbo ‘elegance’, of Germanic origin; related to gear


[ɡɑːb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sheaf of wheat


Phrases:

Origin:
early 16th century: from Old Northern French garbe; compare with French gerbe




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