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Definition of Garbed
1. Adjective. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination. "Crimson-robed Harvard professors"
Similar to: Clad, Clothed
Definition of Garbed
1. a. Dressed; habited; clad.
Definition of Garbed
1. Verb. (past of garb) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Garbed
1. garb [v] - See also: garb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garbed
Literary usage of Garbed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"A ferryman of gruesome guise keeps ward Upon these waters, — Charon, foully
garbed, With unkempt, thick gray board upon his chin, And staring eyes of flame; ..."
2. Autobiography of an Actress; Or, Eight Years on the Stage: Or, Eight Years by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie (1854)
"A Black-garbed Audience. — Refusal to appear in Mourning. — A White Compromise.
— Inaugural Address written by Albert Smith. — Tim Gentleman of Verona. ..."
3. From Paddington to Penzance: The Record of a Summer Tramp from London to the by Charles George Harper (1893)
"Here was a humorous wheelman, garbed fearfully in white flannel breeches and
black jacket, who retailed his experiences of rural inns on Dartmoor, ..."
4. Knick Knacksby Herbert Leonard Coggins, Clare Victor Dwiggins by Herbert Leonard Coggins, Clare Victor Dwiggins (1906)
"You are exceeding the legal pace," remarked the blue- garbed gentleman, producing
an official looking pocket-book. 1 must ask for your name and address. ..."
5. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"Old England was garbed in hearty honest russet, even in the days of our colonization.
Read the list of the garments of any master of the manor, ..."
6. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"A ferryman of gruesome guise keeps ward Upon these waters, — Charon, foully
garbed, With unkempt, thick gray board upon his chin, And staring eyes of flame; ..."
7. Autobiography of an Actress; Or, Eight Years on the Stage: Or, Eight Years by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie (1854)
"A Black-garbed Audience. — Refusal to appear in Mourning. — A White Compromise.
— Inaugural Address written by Albert Smith. — Tim Gentleman of Verona. ..."
8. From Paddington to Penzance: The Record of a Summer Tramp from London to the by Charles George Harper (1893)
"Here was a humorous wheelman, garbed fearfully in white flannel breeches and
black jacket, who retailed his experiences of rural inns on Dartmoor, ..."
9. Knick Knacksby Herbert Leonard Coggins, Clare Victor Dwiggins by Herbert Leonard Coggins, Clare Victor Dwiggins (1906)
"You are exceeding the legal pace," remarked the blue- garbed gentleman, producing
an official looking pocket-book. 1 must ask for your name and address. ..."
10. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"Old England was garbed in hearty honest russet, even in the days of our colonization.
Read the list of the garments of any master of the manor, ..."
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