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garb

UK/ɡɑː(ɹ)b/ US/ˈɡɑrb/ uncommon
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion

  • “formal attire”
  • “battle dress”
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verb

1.

provide with clothes or put clothes on

  • “Parents must feed and dress their child”
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Origin

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”).

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  • nature's garb

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