Gārb, n.
n. [Norm. Fr. garbs, clothes, dress, O. Fr. garbe, looks, countenance, grace, ornament, It., Sp., & Pg. garbo, from O. H. Ger. garawi, garwi, ornament, dress.]
- Clothing; especially, official or appropriate dress; habit; as, the garb of a clergyman or judge.
- Fashion, or mode of dress; hence, exterior appearance as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech.
What Denham says, with great felicity, of Cowley, may be applied to him [Milton]: “He wears the garb, but not the clothes, of the ancients.” Macaulay.
You thought because he could not speak English in the native garb, he could not therefore handle an English cudgel. Shak.
Sense 3. (Her.) [Fr. gerbe; Sp. garba.] A sheaf of grain.