Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GARB
GARB, n. [Fr. garbe, looks, countenance; It. and Sp. garbo; Norm. garbs, clothes, dress; Russ. gerb, arms; from the root of gear.]
- Dress; clothes; habit; as, the garb of a clergyman or judge.
- Fashion or mode of dress. Denham.
- Exterior appearance; looks. Shak.
- In heraldry, a sheaf of corn. [Fr. gerbe, Sp. garba.]
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