garb

Plural: garbs

Noun

clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
Fashion, style of dressing oneself up.
A type of dress or clothing.
A guise, external appearance.
A wheatsheaf.
A measure of arrows in the Middle Ages.

Verb

Verb Forms: garbed, garbing, garbs

To clothe or dress someone in a particular style.
provide with clothes or put clothes on
To dress in garb.

Examples

He decided to GARB his winning play in a flourish of confidence.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French garbe ("graceful outline, silhouette"; > Modern French galbe), from Italian garbo (“grace, elegance”), from Germanic (compare Old High German garwi, garawi (“dress, equipment, preparation”), Middle High German gerwe (“outfitting, jewelry, clothing, robe, regalia”), modern German Gärbe, Gerbe and English gear), ultimately from Frankish *garwijan (“to prepare”), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”).

Synonyms

apparel, attire, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog

Antonyms

undress

Scrabble Score: 7

garb: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
garb: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
garb: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

garb: valid Words With Friends Word