attire, garb, dress
(noun) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; “formal attire”; “battle dress”
dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
(verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on; “Parents must feed and dress their child”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
garb (third-person singular simple present garbs, present participle garbing, simple past and past participle garbed)
(transitive) To dress in garb.
garb (plural garbs)
(heraldiccharge) A wheat sheaf.
A measure of arrows in the Middle Ages.
• 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
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
