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Grammar : Verb
Spell : gahrb
Phonetic Transcription : gɑrb



Definition of garbed

Origin :
  • 1590s, "elegance, stylishness," from Middle French garbe "graceful outline" (Modern French galbe), from Italian garbo "grace, elegance," perhaps from Germanic (cf. Old High German gar(a)wi "dress, equipment, preparation;" see gear). Sense of "fashion of dress" is first attested 1620s.
  • verb fit with clothes
Example sentences :
  • The man, attendant though he was, was garbed in evening dress.
  • Extract from : « Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service » by H. Irving Hancock
  • Several of them were garbed in military uniforms and armed with swords.
  • Extract from : « The Radiant Shell » by Paul Ernst
  • We were soon disrobed and garbed in the white suits of our enemies.
  • Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings
  • Through the nights of activity she was garbed in rich, warm brown.
  • Extract from : « Edge of the Jungle » by William Beebe
  • And behind him in the doorway stood a tall man, tonsured, garbed in russet.
  • Extract from : « Long Will » by Florence Converse
  • And in their midst, garbed in street attire, was Marjory Dean!
  • Extract from : « The Magic Curtain » by Roy J. Snell
  • This mysterious individual was garbed in a dress suit of solemn black.
  • Extract from : « The Magic Curtain » by Roy J. Snell
  • In this she saw a frail child of France garbed all in green and gold.
  • Extract from : « Hour of Enchantment » by Roy J. Snell
  • He was garbed in a loose black robe, which reached almost to his feet.
  • Extract from : « Captured by the Arabs » by James H. Foster
  • Behold us garbed in every one of the seven colors oft repeated!
  • Extract from : « Strange Stories of the Great River » by Abbie Johnston Grosvenor

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