garb
noun/ɡɑːb/
/ɡɑːrb/
[uncountable] (formal or humorous)- clothes, especially unusual clothes or those worn by a particular type of person
- prison garb
- He was dressed in his full clerical garb.
- Some were in uniform, others in civilian garb.
- The actors were all in period garb.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via French from Italian garbo ‘elegance’, of Germanic origin; related to gear.Definitions on the go
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