Robes
robe (?), n. (F., fr. LL. rauba agown, dress, garment; originally, booty, plunder. See Rob,
v. t., and cf. Rubbish.) 1.
An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style
or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Shak.
2. A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of
the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.
(U.S.)
Master of the robes, an officer of the
English royal household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is
supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes. --
Mistress of the robes, a lady who enjoys the
highest rank of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign
(when a queen), and is supposed to have the care her robes.
robe (?), v. t. (imp. p. pr. to dress; to
array; as, fields robed with green.
The sage Chaldeans robed in white
appeared. Pope.
Such was his power over the expression of his
countenance, that he could in an instant shake off the sternness of
winter, and robe it in the brightest smiles of
spring. Wirt.
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