Associations to the word «Garb»
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
GARB, noun. Fashion, style of dressing oneself up. [from late 16thc.]
GARB, noun. A type of dress or clothing. [from early 17thc.]
GARB, noun. (figurative) A guise, external appearance.
GARB, verb. (transitive) To dress in garb.
GARB, noun. (heraldiccharge) A wheat sheaf.
GARB, noun. A measure of arrows in the Middle Ages.
Dictionary definition
GARB, noun. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress".
GARB, verb. Provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.