Definition: garb

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

garb
     n : clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
         [syn: attire, dress]
     v : provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
         and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe,
          raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel]
         [ant: undress]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Garb \Garb\, n. [F. gerbe, OF. also garbe, OHG. garba, G. garbe;
   cf. Skr. grbh to seize, E. grab.] (Her.)
   A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).
Garb \Garb\, v. t.
   To clothe; array; deck.

         These black dog-Dons Garb themselves bravely.
                                                  --Tennyson.
Garb \Garb\, n. [OF. garbe looks, countenance, grace, ornament,
   fr. OHG. garaw[=i], garw[=i], ornament, dress. akin to E.
   gear. See Gear, n.]
   1.
      (a) Clothing in general.
      (b) The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person,
          especially when indicating rank or office; as, the
          garb of a clergyman or a judge.
      (c) Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the
          16th century.

   2. External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or
      character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech.

            You thought, because he could not speak English in
            the native garb, he could not therefore handle an
            English cudgel.                       --Shak.