In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
GARB
attire, garb, dress
(noun) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; āformal attireā; ābattle dressā
dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
(verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on; āParents must feed and dress their childā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
garb (countable and uncountable, plural garbs)
Fashion, style of dressing oneself up. [from late 16thc.]
A type of dress or clothing. [from early 17thc.]
(figurative) A guise, external appearance.
Verb
garb (third-person singular simple present garbs, present participle garbing, simple past and past participle garbed)
(transitive) To dress in garb.
Etymology 2
Noun
garb (plural garbs)
(heraldiccharge) A wheat sheaf.
A measure of arrows in the Middle Ages.
Anagrams
• ARGB, brag, grab
Source: Wiktionary
Garb, n. Etym: [OF. garbe looks, countenance, grace, ornament, fr. OHG. garawi, garwi, 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.
Garb, n. Etym: [F. gerbe, OF. also garbe, OHG. garba, G. garbe; cf. Skr. grbh to seize, E. grab.] (Her.)
Definition: A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).
Garb, v. t.
Definition: To clothe; array; deck. These black dog-Dons Garb themselves bravely. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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