robing

Variant of robe

robe definition

robe (rōb)

noun

  1. a long, loose or flowing outer garment; specif.,
    1. such a garment worn on formal occasions, to show rank or office, etc., as by a judge or bishop
    2. a bathrobe or dressing gown
  2. Archaic clothes; costume; dress
  3. ☆ lap robe

Etymology: ME < OFr, robe, orig. booty, spoils < Gmc *rauba, plunder: see rob

transitive verb, intransitive verb robed, robing rob′·ing

to dress in or cover with a robe or robes

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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