Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GARB, n. [Fr. garbe, looks, countenance; It. and Sp. garbo; Norm. garbs, clothes, dress; Russ. gerb, arms; from the root of gear.]

1. Dress; clothes; habit; as, the garb of a clergyman or judge.
2. Fashion or mode of dress. Denham.
3. Exterior appearance; looks. Shak.
4. In heraldry, a sheaf of corn. [Fr. gerbe, Sp. garba.]