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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Early French garbe 'gracefulness', from Italian garbo

garb

 noun
     
Related topics: Clothes and Fashion
garb [uncountable]
formalDC a particular style of clothing, especially clothes that show your type of work or look unusual:
priestly garb
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