garb : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: garb	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for garb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garb n clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" Synonym(s): attire, garb, dress v provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" Synonym(s): dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel Antonym(s): discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garb \Garb\, n. [OF. garbe looks, countenance, grace, ornament, fr. OHG. garaw[c6], garw[c6], 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 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.