robe, n.1
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Brit. /rb/, U.S. /rob/ Forms: ME rob, ME roob, ME-16 robbe, ME- robe, 15 roobe, 15-16 roab, 15-16 roabe; Sc. pre-17 roab, pre-17 roabe, pre-17 robbis (plural), pre-17 roib, pre-17 roobe, pre-17 rowb, pre-17 17- robe, pre-17 19- rob.
1. a. A long loose outer garment reaching to the feet or ankles; a gown.
Common in Europe until the end of the Middle Ages, and still worn in many countries of Asia and Africa.
b. In pl. Outer clothes in general, esp. long, loose-fitting ones.
Sometimes difficult to distinguish from the plural of sense 1a.
2. a. A long outer garment of a particular form or material worn to denote a person's rank, office, profession, etc. Freq. with modifying word.
b. In pl. in same sense.
Master, Mistress, Yeoman of the Robes: see the first element.
3. fig. and in figurative contexts. Something likened to a robe in form or function.
4. In metonymic use.
a. Esp. in of-phrases. A profession or office in which a robe is worn. See also LONG ROBE n.
(a) With determiner or possessive adjective. Obs.
(b) With the. Now hist.
Chiefly with reference to the legal profession.
b. People of high rank or office collectively (in quots. contrasted with rag). Also with the. Obs. rare.
5. Chiefly N. Amer. The dressed skin or skins of an animal used as a garment, blanket, or similar covering.
6. a. A long outer garment for a baby.
b. A dressing gown or bath robe. Now chiefly N. Amer.
Recorded earliest in dressing robe.
7. A piece of material partly shaped for a woman's dress. Obs.
COMPOUNDS
C1. General attrib. and objective, as robe-cloak, robe maker, robe-spinning, robe-tearing, etc.
C2. robe chamber n. now hist. a room used for changing into or for storing official robes; also fig.
robe coat n. now Sc. (north-east.) a type of sleeved dress, esp. one worn by girls or young women.
Sc. National Dict. (1968) records this sense as still in use in Orkney and Shetland in 1968.
robe-goer n. Obs. a member of the English royal household charged with looking after the King's robes.
robes-room n. Obs. rare = robing room n. at ROBING n. Compounds.
Brit. /rb/, U.S. /rob/ Forms: ME rob, ME roob, ME-16 robbe, ME- robe, 15 roobe, 15-16 roab, 15-16 roabe; Sc. pre-17 roab, pre-17 roabe, pre-17 robbis (plural), pre-17 roib, pre-17 roobe, pre-17 rowb, pre-17 17- robe, pre-17 19- rob.
1. a. A long loose outer garment reaching to the feet or ankles; a gown.
Common in Europe until the end of the Middle Ages, and still worn in many countries of Asia and Africa.
b. In pl. Outer clothes in general, esp. long, loose-fitting ones.
Sometimes difficult to distinguish from the plural of sense 1a.
2. a. A long outer garment of a particular form or material worn to denote a person's rank, office, profession, etc. Freq. with modifying word.
b. In pl. in same sense.
Master, Mistress, Yeoman of the Robes: see the first element.
3. fig. and in figurative contexts. Something likened to a robe in form or function.
4. In metonymic use.
a. Esp. in of-phrases. A profession or office in which a robe is worn. See also LONG ROBE n.
(a) With determiner or possessive adjective. Obs.
(b) With the. Now hist.
Chiefly with reference to the legal profession.
b. People of high rank or office collectively (in quots. contrasted with rag). Also with the. Obs. rare.
5. Chiefly N. Amer. The dressed skin or skins of an animal used as a garment, blanket, or similar covering.
6. a. A long outer garment for a baby.
b. A dressing gown or bath robe. Now chiefly N. Amer.
Recorded earliest in dressing robe.
7. A piece of material partly shaped for a woman's dress. Obs.
COMPOUNDS
C1. General attrib. and objective, as robe-cloak, robe maker, robe-spinning, robe-tearing, etc.
C2. robe chamber n. now hist. a room used for changing into or for storing official robes; also fig.
robe coat n. now Sc. (north-east.) a type of sleeved dress, esp. one worn by girls or young women.
Sc. National Dict. (1968) records this sense as still in use in Orkney and Shetland in 1968.
robe-goer n. Obs. a member of the English royal household charged with looking after the King's robes.
robes-room n. Obs. rare = robing room n. at ROBING n. Compounds.