Garb (?), n. [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.
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Garb (?), n. [F. gerbe, OF. also garbe, OHG. garba, G. garbe; cf. Skr. grbh to seize, E. grab.] Her.
A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).
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Garb, v. t.
To clothe; array; deck.
These black dog-Dons
Garb themselves bravely.
Tennyson.
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