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noun

Garb n.

(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.

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."

Garb n. (Her.) A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).

verb

Garb v. t. To clothe; array; deck. "These black dog-Dons Garb themselves bravely."

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"Garb" Quotes from Famous Books

... whole a finishing touch as she drew round her cousin's not very slender waist a black band fastened with a silver clasp—an heirloom in the family since the time that the Macivors used to wear the Highland garb among their ...

— Shenac's Work at Home • Margaret Murray Robertson

... grace, Bore then, upon its massive board, No mark to part the squire and lord. Then was brought in the lusty brawn, By old blue-coated serving-man; Then the grim boar's head frown'd on high, Crested with bays and rosemary. Well can the green-garb'd ranger tell How, when, and where the monster fell; What dogs before his death he tore, And all the baiting of the boar; While round the merry wassel bowl, Garnish'd with ribbons, blithe did trowl. There the huge sirloin reek'd; hard by Plum-porridge ...

— The Book of Household Management • Mrs. Isabella Beeton

... of joy with which he had noted, as the splendid rider reined in and threw himself from the saddle, the crossed sabres, the troop letter "C," and the regimental number gleaming at the front of his campaign hat. Who—who could this be, wearing the honorable garb of a soldier of United States, yet figuring as a ringleader in a band of robbers and assassins now adding rapine to their calendar of crime? Edward Harvey's heart almost burst with helpless rage and wretchedness when he saw his precious sisters dragged within the canvas shelter,—saw ...

— Foes in Ambush • Charles King

... stretched the full length of his six foot six couch, grunted a few words in his native tongue to other Indians without a glance in my direction, then indifferently closed his eyes again. A young Indian in semi-cowboy garb,—not omitting a gorgeous silk handkerchief about his neck,—jabbered awhile with some grinning squaws, then said in perfectly understandable English, "He will sell his boat for $18.00. It is worth $30.00." This was decisive for an Indian. It usually takes a half-day of bickering ...

— Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico • E. L. Kolb

... his forehead, and his face bristled sharply with his gray beard. Simon Basset was the largest land-owner in the village, and the dust and loam of his own acres seemed to have formed a gray grime over all his awkward homespun garb. Never a woman he met but looked apprehensively at his great, ...

— Jerome, A Poor Man - A Novel • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

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