From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
garb
n : clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular
occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" [syn: attire,
dress]
v : provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe,
enclothe, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate,
fit out, apparel] [ant: undress]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Garb \Garb\ (g[aum]rb), n. [OF. garbe looks, countenance, grace,
ornament, fr. OHG. garaw[imac], garw[imac], 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.
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2. External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or
character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech.
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You thought, because he could not speak English in
the native garb, he could not therefore handle an
English cudgel. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Garb \Garb\ (g[aum]rb), n. [F. gerbe, OF. also garbe, OHG.
garba, G. garbe; cf. Skr. g[.r]bh to seize, E. grab.] (Her.)
A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Garb \Garb\, v. t.
To clothe; array; deck.
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These black dog-Dons
Garb themselves bravely. --Tennyson.
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