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garb

noun

  1. heraldic figure
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verb

  1. to cover or adorn
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɡɑː(ɹ)b/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English garbe, from Old French garbe, variant of jarbe; akin to German Garbe. Doublet of gerbe.

  1. A wheatsheaf.
  2. A measure of arrows in the Middle Ages.

    Yorkshire supplied 500 bows, and 580 garbs of arrows, 360 of which had iron heads pointed with steel.

verb

Etymology: From Middle French garbe ("graceful outline, silhouette"; > Modern French galbe), from Italian garbo (“grace, elegance”), from Germanic (compare Old High German garwi, garawi (“dress, equipment, preparation”), Middle High German gerwe (“outfitting, jewelry, clothing, robe, regalia”), modern German Gärbe, Gerbe and English gear), ultimately from Frankish *garwijan (“to prepare”), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”).

  1. To dress in garb.