garb Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
    dress; attire.
    • formal attire
    • battle dress
  2. verb provide with clothes or put clothes on
    enclothe; garment; fit out; raiment; apparel; habilitate; dress; tog; clothe.
    • Parents must feed and dress their child

WordNet

Garb noun
Etymology
OF. garbe looks, countenance, grace, ornament, fr. OHG. garawi, garwi, ornament, dress. akin to E. gear. See Gear, n.
Definitions
  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 noun
Etymology
F. gerbe, OF. also garbe, OHG. garba, G. garbe; cf. Skr. grbh to seize, E. grab.
Definitions
  1. (Her.) A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).
Garb transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To clothe; array; deck.
    These black dog-Dons Garb themselves bravely. Tennyson.

Webster 1913