ROBE

gown, robe

(noun) outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions

robe

(noun) any loose flowing garment

vest, robe

(verb) clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes

clothe, cloak, drape, robe

(verb) cover as if with clothing; “the mountain was clothed in tropical trees”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

robe (plural robes)

A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.

(US) The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.

A wardrobe, especially one built into a bedroom.

The largest and strongest tobacco leaves.

Verb

robe (third-person singular simple present robes, present participle robing, simple past and past participle robed)

(transitive) To clothe; to dress.

(intransitive) To put on official vestments.

Synonyms

• (to clothe): dight, don, put on; see also clothe

Anagrams

• Bero, Boer, Ebor, Ebro, bore

Source: Wiktionary

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Robe, n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. rauba a gown, dress, garment; originally, booty, plunder. See Rob, v. t., and cf. Rubbish.]

1. An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like. Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Shak.

2. A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. [U.S.] Master of the robes, an officer of the English royal household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes.

– Mistress of the robes, a lady who enjoys the highest rank of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign (when a queen), and is supposed to have the care her robes.

Robe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Robed; p. pr. & vb. n. Robing.]

Definition: To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fields robed with green. The sage Chaldeans robed in white appeared. Pope. Such was his power over the expression of his countenance, that he could in an instant shake off the sternness of winter, and robe it in the brightest smiles of spring. Wirt.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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