garb

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

G'ARB, noun 1. Dress; clothes; habit; as the garb of a clergyman or judge. 2. Fashion or mode of dress. 3. Exterior appearance; looks. 4. In heraldry, a sheaf of corn.
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