roben.¹

Brit.

/rəʊb/, U.S.

/roʊb/

Forms: Middle English rob, Middle English roob, Middle English–1600s robbe, Middle English– robe, 1500s roobe, 1500s–1600s roab, 1500s–1600s roabe; Scottish pre-1700 roab, pre-1700 roabe, pre-1700 robbis (plural), pre-1700 roib, pre-1700 roobe, pre-1700 rowb, pre-1700 1700s– robe, pre-1700 1900s– rob.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French robe.

Etymology: < Old French roube, Old French, Middle French reube, Anglo-Norman and Old French robbe, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French robe (feminine) monk's habit (c1160), set of clothes made from the same fabric, outfit comprising a number of pieces (both c1165), woman's outer garment with sleeves, covering the body down to the feet (1165–70), clothing (1212 in Anglo-Norman), livery (1283–1307), pelt or plumage of certain (especially colourful) animals (c1640), the legal profession (1642), apparently a narrowed sense of Old French reube , roube , Anglo-Norman and Old French robbe , robe booty, spoils of war (in Anglo-Norman apparently especially clothing), movable goods belonging to an individual (both mid 12th cent.), probably ultimately a borrowing of the Germanic base of Old High German rauba (feminine) booty, spoils, looted clothing < the same base as reave v.¹ (compare reif n. and masculine Germanic forms cited at that entry). This semantic development is apparently attested earlier by post-classical Latin rauba (from 12th cent. also roba ) booty, spoils (7th cent.), clothes taken from an enemy (8th cent.), clothes, man's or woman's garment (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources; also from 13th cent. in continental sources), livery (frequently from 13th cent. in British sources; also from 13th cent. in continental sources). Compare reaf n. and also rob v.Compare Old Occitan rouba booty (12th cent.), merchandise (13th cent.), movable goods, gown (both 14th cent.), Catalan roba merchandise, cargo (late 13th cent.), act of plundering, pillaging (a1306), booty, personal effects (both 14th cent.), clothing, gown (both early 15th cent.), Italian roba personal effects (late 13th cent.), piece of clothing, garment (14th cent.). Probably < an ultimately related Germanic base (compare ripe v.²) are Spanish ropa household items, luggage, clothing (1090; 917 as raupa ), Portuguese roupa garment, clothing, fabric, household linens (13th cent.; 1136 as raupa ). Compare also ( < French) Dutch robe gown, vestment, toga, etc. (c1578), German Robe long woman's outer garment with sleeves, ceremonial dress (both end of the 16th cent.), robes of office (18th cent.), Swedish rob , robe woman's gown (mid 18th cent.), ecclesiastical vestment (mid 19th cent.). With sense 6 compare French robe d'enfant (1636).

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.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown

robec1225

frock1538

attire1587

gown1716

dress1802

disco1964

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown

robec1225

gownc1400

habit1716

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering > like a garment

weedOE

robec1225

kirtle1398

vestment1483

vesture1526

apron1535

gabardine1542

garment1585

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dress1608

garb1613

cowl1658

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pinafore1845

cloak1876

c1225 Worcester Glosses to Old Eng. Homilies in Anglia (1928) 52 24 Reaf : robe.

a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 64 (MED) Þine robin of fau & of gris..rotihin sal so dot þe lef þad honkit on þe ris.

a1300 Passion our Lord l. 66 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 39 (MED) Ne hedde he none robe, of fowe ne of gray.

c1350 Apocalypse St. John: A Version (Harl. 874) (1961) 163 (MED) He was cloþed in a robe reded wiþ blood.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 3676 His moder..cled him..Wit his broþer robe.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiii. 227 And fewe robes I fonge or furred gounes.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) i. ii. 12 Them that ben cladd in thy clothynge & robes.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 151 Hym Suffysid a lytill graue..for his halle, and for his roob.

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) ii. l. 790 in Shorter Poems (1967) 54 With lawrere crownyt in robbis syd all new, Of a fassoun.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 43 Theare [is] wardrob abundant Of roabs most pretiouse.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiv. v. 490 In auncient time all the Images and Statues erected to the honour of any men, were in their gownes and robes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 141 O well did he become that Lyons robe, That did disrobe the Lion of that robe.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 543 As when Alcides..felt th' envenom'd robe .

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 182 The glittering robe, Of every hue reflected light can give.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature II. 511 Turbans and flowing robes are adapted to hot countries.

1827 G. Keppel Personal Narr. Trav. Babylonia (ed. 3) I. xiv. 324 We found the figure of a man..dressed in a long robe.

1871 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Odyssey I. v. 130 The nymph too, in a robe of silver-white,..Arrayed herself.

1953 Citizen (Letchworth, Herts.) 4 Sept. 1/8 There were fruitarians, nutarians, simple lifers, long-haired men, women with long, flowing robes, and a few as near nude as they dared.

1970 A. K. Armah Fragments ii. 43 A man with a thick beard and a long white robe gesticulated, danced and swayed with the music.

2001 A. Solomon Noonday Demon (2002) iii. 166 Mareme Diouf came to meet us, barefoot, wearing a headdress and a long robe.

b. In plural. Outer clothes in general, esp. long, loose-fitting ones.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from the plural of sense 1a.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > outerwear > [noun]

robesc1330

overclothing1425

out-clothing1496

shaping apparel1564

outside1600

out-garment1634

out-dressa1637

out-array1647

superinvestiture1681

overclothes1824

outer clothing1841

hap1868

outerwear1883

overwear1885

shaping clothes1894

outwear1935

c1330 Horn Child l. 865 in J. Hall King Horn (1901) 189 (MED) Now be min robes riuen, & me no was no noþer ȝeuen Of alle þis seuen ȝere.

c1350 How Good Wife taught her Daughter (Emmanuel) (1948) l. 100 (MED) With riche robes [c1500 Trin. Cambr. roobys] and gerlondes..Ne cuntrefete no leuedi.

c1450 (a1425) Metrical Paraphr. Old Test. (Selden) 12427 (MED) When he all þe suth had sene, his ryche robes he rofe and rent.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 13939 Whan he wackont of wo, he wan vpo fote, All-to rechit his robis.

1573 G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 383 You shall know the cause, wherefore these robes are worne, And why I go outlandishlike, yet being english borne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 130 Now shal my friend Petruchio do me grace, And offer me disguis'd in sober robes, To old Baptista.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. ii. 112 See not your Bride in these vnreuerent robes .

1740 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) X. 218 He..shook her robes, lest she should have concealed poison in them.

1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 336 She left her wheel and robes of country brown.

1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. i., in Lamia & Other Poems 157 His flaming robes stream'd out beyond his heels.

1880 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 646 Josephine in her flowing robes was a noble-looking woman.

1908 F. Morton Laughter & Tears 65 Her step was noiseless, and her trailing grey Sad robes were Silence visible.

1981 T. D. Barnes Constantine & Eusebius xiv. 260 Constantine..laid aside the imperial purple, and donned plain robes of brilliant white.

2005 D. James Baked to Death 111 A tall, very young woman dressed in simple robes came running into the tent.

a. A long outer garment of a particular form or material worn to denote a person's rank, office, profession, etc. Frequently with modifying word.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > indicative of office, profession, or status

robec1300

gown1377

formality?1578

toga1738

toguea1862

c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 324 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 116 (MED) Þe Abite of Monek he nam, And a-boue al þan clerkene Robe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9072 (MED) Tas of..Mi king rob [Fairf. kinges robe] als þat i wer.

c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iii. 271 Schal no seriaunt for þat seruyse were a silk houue, Ne no ray robe of riche pelure.

1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. iv Oftymes the peple make grete wondrynges of the ryche robe of the courtyour.

1537 T. Starkey Let. 1 Feb. in Eng. in Reign Henry VIII (1878) i. p. lxv Master Pole hathe gotten the Cardynallys hatte & robbe made.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 56 Thus did I keepe my person fresh and new, My presence like a roabe pontificall, Nere seene but wondred at.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 63 Nor the deputed sword, The Marshalls Truncheon, nor the Iudges Robe .

1688 T. D'Urfey Fool's Preferment v. 79 The King..has..made you the Duke of Dunstable; And as such, he bids you wear this Robe of State.

1764 E. Seymour Compl. Hist. Eng. I. 628/1 Henry now assumed the ducal robe, as sovereign of Normandy.

1794 T. Maurice Indian Antiq. V. 138 Golden bells formed a part of the ornaments of the pontifical robe of the Jewish high-priest.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 85 He then bestowed upon him a robe of honour.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 382 Johnson had therefore been stripped of his robe by persons who had no jurisdiction over him.

1906 H. F. Brown tr. P. Molmenti Venice I. ii. ix. 9 The nobles and magistrates adopted, as official dress for state occasions, the long robe lined with fur.

1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited xxviii. 333 Then the Chancellor [of Oxford University]: Lord Halifax, nearing eighty now, and bent beneath the weight of his years and his robe of office.

2007 J. S. Borthwick Foiled Again 254 He was clothed in an academic robe with black velvet arm stripes.

b. In plural in same sense.Master, Mistress, Yeoman of the Robes: see the first element.

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1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 259 (MED) He lyst be mevid to clothe him in his roobys..as consulers vsid before.

?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 153 (MED) Now I regne..Rollyd in rynggys and robys of array.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 110 (MED) First hadde Arthur the kynge put on hym an habergon vndir his robes.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. GGGiiii^v Though the kynge were before hym in his robes of golde.

1582 A. Golding tr. Ioyful & Royal Entertainment sig. D2 His highnesse was yet still in his robes of estate.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. O. de la Noue Profit of Imprisonm. in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. 645 Their garments passe..The glorious Salomon's rich robes of Parlament.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 309 Inuested in the sanctimonious robes of a Bishop.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 64 Pretors, Proconsuls to thir Provinces Hasting or on return, in robes of State.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 499 He put on his robes in hast,..and called up the Commons.

1772 W. Jones Poems 42 Accept the robes and sceptre of the land.

1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 248 The senators and magistrates of Rome appear clad in the ecclesiastical robes of the period, in which the manuscript was written.

1874 L. J. Kennaway Crusts 29 The Bishop wore his robes with all dignity.

1900 Harper's Weekly 24 Mar. 269/3 He was leaving after dinner, dressed as usual in his long embroidered official robes, with his button and his peacock-feather.

1956 Times 14 Apr. 5/3 It is impossible not to notice on the wall a picture of the Queen in her Coronation robes.

2005 J. Brady Bleedout (2008) 412 A proud college graduate in mortarboard and robes.

3. figurative and in figurative contexts. Something likened to a robe in form or function.

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c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 6390 (MED) A robe he let him ssape uerst of blod red scarlet þere: Þe ssarpe stones bi þe stret is tailors were, Vor he let him mid hors to drawe fram strete to strete.

c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 103 (MED) Þerfore modur, loue þou penaunce, and kep wel hereaftir þe furste robe of innocence unfouled.

c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 253 (MED) Þis robe [sc. Virginity] scholde be wel y-kepte from þre spottes: of filþe of erþe, of blod, and of fier.

a1500 in H. A. Person Cambr. Middle Eng. Lyrics (1953) 48 (MED) With robys of rethoryk sith thow art not clad But with rusty roset like to thyn astate.

1528 R. Copland tr. Secrete of Secretes of Arystotle sig. f.i Medowes..sprowte and corne groweth, &..byrdes ben clothed with newe robes, and enforce them to synge.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. i. 12 You haue..made vs doffe our easie roabes of peace.

1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lxi. 10 He hath couered me with the robe of righteousnes.

a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 110 The Moone..Impearling with her Teares her Robe of Night.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vii. 165 In a weeks time the Tree casts off her old Robes, and is cloathed in a new pleasant garb.

1727 J. Thomson Summer 15 Prime Chearer, Light!.. Nature's resplendent Robe.

1795 S. T. Coleridge To Author of Poems 36 With stars, unseen before, spangling her robe of night!

1837 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. I. xxvi. 398 Surely these attainments are but our first manly robe.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 59 Another [hut] wore A close-set robe of jasmine.

1920 J. Brett Hidden Sanctuary i. 29 No imaginary robe should invest the soul, but only the precious robes of the virtues, and over all the mantle of humility.

1967 I. H. Bartlett Amer. Mind Mid-19th Cent. iv. 76 Lincoln believed that the American robe was trailing in the dust and he sought to repurify it in the spirit of the Revolution.

2002 N. Tosches In Hand of Dante 168 The robe of his own life and soul had been singed..by this idiot pyre.

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. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > military man > [noun] > collectively > and or or legal

robe1536

1536 in J. Gairdner Lett. & Papers Reign Henry VIII (1888) (modernized text) XI. 561 As a council is to be held of nobles and gentlemen of both robes.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII (1876) (modernized text) 127 He sent..commissioners of both robes, the prior of Lanthony to be his chancellor..; and Sir Edward Poynings..with a civil power of his lieutenant.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 282 There was a gentleman of your robe a Dignitary of Lincoln.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 157. ⁋6 Our learned Men of either Robe.

1862 R. Vaughan Eng. Nonconformity ii. viii. 327 The next day, it was resolved that all the members of the house of both robes should be added to this committee.

(b) With the. Now historical.Chiefly with reference to the legal profession.

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society > law > legal profession > [noun]

lawc1405

professiona1425

long robe1586

side-robe1658

robe1662

1662 R. L'Estrange Memento i. 172 As I Reckon These Men of the Robe to be the very Pests of Humane Nature, when they Degenerate from the Prime End of their Institution.

1671 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 497 Mr. Commartin..is a man of the robe, but in very good esteem with everybody.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 36 He was a son of the Robe; his Father having been a Judge in the Court of the Common Pleas.

1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 109 The most eminent Persons of the Robe.

1770 S. Foote Lame Lover iii. 58 I was some years in the Temple; but the death of my brother robb'd the robe of my labours.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. iii. 102 Men of the sword, men of the robe; Peers, dignified clergy, Parlementary Presidents.

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxix. 284 The cadets of many of our good families follow the robe as a profession.

1907 Columbia Law Rev. 7 341 If the balance of political power were confided to the judiciary, we would be subjected to a veritable aristocracy of the robe.

1962 L. Edwards tr. J. Pirenne Tides of Hist. I. i. vi. 63 A new nobility of the robe..was created to counterbalance the ancient military and landowning nobility.

2002 C. Jones Great Nation ii. 39 Members of the Robe sat alongside members of the old Sword nobility.

†b. People of high rank or office collectively (in quots. contrasted with rag). Also with the. Obsolete. rare.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun] > person of > collectively

dignity1548

robe1589

sanctorum1675

quality1693

statesfolk1735

laudable1815

rank1883

1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxxiii. 145 So plagueth ciuile Warre, and so from Robe to Ragge dooth scoure.

1816 European Mag. & London Rev. Oct. 344/2 I am addressing men who will not prostrate their consciences before privilege or power..who will feel that, as in the eye of that God to whose aid they have appealed, there is not the minutest difference between the rag and the robe.

5. Chiefly North American. The dressed skin or skins of an animal used as a garment, blanket, or similar covering.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from ox, cow, or buffalo

neat's leather?a1425

buff-leather1574

buff-hide1589

buff-skin1589

cowhide1728

robe1761

Grecian leather1852

crop1858

crop-leather1858

steerhide1921

1761 tr. P. de Charlevoix Jrnl. Voy. N.-Amer. I. 157 The green beaver are such as have been worn by the Indians, who, after having well tawed them on the inside..sew several of them together, making a sort of garment, which they call a robe.

1801 W. Somerville Jrnl. 29 Nov. in Narr. Journeys Eastern Cape Frontier (1979) iv. 126 The Booshwanha shield is very small but to supply the deficiency of its size he wears in battle his skin robe folded together several times over his shoulders as a protection to that part.

1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (at cited word) A pack of robes, is ten skins, tied in a pack, which is the manner in which they are brought from the far West to market.

1892 W. Pike Barren Ground N. Canada 106 The robes were in splendid condition; the undergrowth, which resembles a sheep's fleece.., was now thick and firm.

1932 J. G. Neihardt Black Elk Speaks ix. 125 He had on a spotted war bonnet and a spotted robe made of some animal's skin.

1992 A. W. Eckert Sorrow in our Heart iv. 273 Well-tanned buckskin and elkhide, buffalo robes and great heavy bearskins.

a. A long outer garment for a baby.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific people > other

slip1690

jam1793

robe1799

hostess dress1951

1799 S. Lee Clergyman's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales III. 383 She had teased her godmother out of almost a whole piece of cambric to dress her doll, in hopes that it would make a robe for the baby.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 561 Polkas, veils, berthes, handkerchiefs, sleeves, baby's robes, robings.

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. lviii. 278 Her baby had been born prematurely, and all the embroidered robes and caps had to be laid by in darkness.

1909 Daily Chron. 18 Nov. 7/1 Brief drawing-room appearances in a nurse's arms with robes and tie-ups—blue for a boy, pink for a girl.

1982 Time 5 July 27/2 The baby Prince is expected to wear a robe of Honiton lace, made originally for Edward VII's christening in 1842.

2008 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 22 May (Homestyle section) 1 Soft minky, which often is used for baby blankets and robes.

b. A dressing gown or bath robe. Now chiefly North American.Recorded earliest in dressing robe.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > dressing gown

gown1600

robe de chambre1687

dressing gown1699

robe1812

Schlafrock1836

1812 A. Doherty Castles of Wolfnorth & Mont Eagle II. vi. 182 As Sir Philip sat wrapt in these ruminations, a light step was heard, and Stanley entered in his dressing robe.

1854 C. Dickens Hard Times ii. viii. 223 She arose, put on a loose robe, and went out of her room in the dark.

1900 St. Nicholas Mar. 405/1 Getting quickly out of bed, she..drew on the pink eider-down bedroom robe which lay upon the chair beside her.

1938 M. Allingham Fashion in Shrouds vi. 73 ‘Robe's’ the new name for dressing-gown.

1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard viii. 246 Tying his robe, he stepped out and along to the kitchen.

1999 D. F. Wallace Brief Interviews with Hideous Men 226 If the bell rang..she would hear it and be out of bed and off down the hall without even putting on her robe.

†7. A piece of material partly shaped for a woman's dress. Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > piece of material partly shaped for

robe1899

1899 World of Dress Jan. 3 (advt.) White and cream lace robes in enormous variety, from 69/6 to 26 Guineas, the complete dress.

Compounds

C1. General attributive and objective, as robe-cloak, robe maker, †robe-spinning, robe-tearing, etc.

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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 361 The shining wooll Whence the roab-spinning precious Wormes are full.

1714 A. Smith Hist. Lives Highway-men 268 Said he to the Robe-maker, I doubt it is too short?

1755 J. Kidgell Card II. 205 Dr. Elwes himself was..cloathed in ecclesiastical Apparel neat and entire from the Robe-maker's.

1831 J. MacDonald in Life (1849) III. 174 A species of religious robe-tearing.

1851 Punch 21 122/1 She..had employed him as a foreman in the robe-making business.

1908 G. B. Shaw Lett. to Granville Barker (1956) 139 I have persuaded her to be discovered next time in a robe-cloak.

1971 C. Major Black Slang 110 The more orthodox robe-wearing Moslems of Harlem.

2005 L. J. Freeh My FBI vi. 157 He had kindly offered his robe maker in Minnesota to make my own first robe.

C2.

robe chamber n. now historical a room used for changing into or for storing official robes; also figurative.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > room for keeping clothes or dressing

wardrobec1440

garderobe?c1450

vestiaryc1450

vestuaryc1490

vestry1574

guarda-roba1602

dressing room1659

robe chamber1665

tire-room1681

robes-roomc1689

apodyteriuma1695

robing room1712

attiring-room1756

toilet1790

toilet chamber1798

toilet room1800

changing room1841

dressing shed1845

change room1886

1665 S. Pepys Diary 23 June (1971) VI. 134 My Lord Sandwich did take me aside..in the robe-chamber.

1755 J. Wesley Jrnl. (1761) 23 Dec. X. 38 I was in the Robe-chamber, adjoining the House of Lords, when the King put on his robes.

1872 E. E. Ford My Recreations 46 When Death lays by the body's fleshly dress, A kingly servitor takes off our raiment, And in the grave's robe chamber, we make stayment.

1909 M. W. Jacobus et al. Standard Bible Dict. 189/2 Kings and princes kept them [sc. festival robes] in a meltāhāh, robe-chamber, or ‘wardrobe’.

2007 Guardian (London) (Nexis) 24 Nov. Our bedroom once saw service as Buckingham's robe chamber.

robe coat n. now Scottish (north-eastern) 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.

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1756 Prater 4 Sept. 156 I have been trying and trying these seven years, ever since I was out of my Robe-coat, to fix a man.

1797 C. Lennox Hist. of Sir George Warrington v. 69 How angry I was with my aunt for keeping me in a robe coat, when, though your junior by a year or two, I thought myself as well entitled to a sacque.

1818 Robinson's Mag. 25 July 21/1 Young ladies wore robe-coats..which were a kind of slips that had an ornament of doubled silk, resembling the robe, depending from each shoulder.

1911 C. Mackenzie Passionate Elopement xviii. 170 Swansdown misses..put into corsets almost as soon as they were out of robe-coats.

1964 New Shetlander No. 70. 27 She wuir a hap, rob cott an bratt.

† robe-goer n. Obsolete a member of the English royal household charged with looking after the King's robes.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > with specific clothing > robe or robes > one who > one who has charge of

robe-goer1701

rober1852

1701 in J. Redington Cal. Treasury Papers (1871) 529 Robegoers [and] bedgoers.

1791 S. Pegge Curialia: Pt. 3 88 Those who had the Care of the King's Robes on such occasions were called Robe-Goers.

1841 T. F. Hunt Examplars of Tudor Archit. vi. 185 Other yeomen guarded the king's robes at his removals, and were therefore called Robe-Goers.

† robes-room n. Obsolete rare = robing room n. at robing n. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > room for keeping clothes or dressing

wardrobec1440

garderobe?c1450

vestiaryc1450

vestuaryc1490

vestry1574

guarda-roba1602

dressing room1659

robe chamber1665

tire-room1681

robes-roomc1689

apodyteriuma1695

robing room1712

attiring-room1756

toilet1790

toilet chamber1798

toilet room1800

changing room1841

dressing shed1845

change room1886

c1689 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 146 In consideracion of his services and extraordinary attendances at the robes-roome upon his said Majestie and the Privy Councill and Committees.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	robe
释义	roben.¹ Brit. /rəʊb/, U.S. /roʊb/ Forms: Middle English rob, Middle English roob, Middle English–1600s robbe, Middle English– robe, 1500s roobe, 1500s–1600s roab, 1500s–1600s roabe; Scottish pre-1700 roab, pre-1700 roabe, pre-1700 robbis (plural), pre-1700 roib, pre-1700 roobe, pre-1700 rowb, pre-1700 1700s– robe, pre-1700 1900s– rob. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French robe. Etymology: < Old French roube, Old French, Middle French reube, Anglo-Norman and Old French robbe, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French robe (feminine) monk's habit (c1160), set of clothes made from the same fabric, outfit comprising a number of pieces (both c1165), woman's outer garment with sleeves, covering the body down to the feet (1165–70), clothing (1212 in Anglo-Norman), livery (1283–1307), pelt or plumage of certain (especially colourful) animals (c1640), the legal profession (1642), apparently a narrowed sense of Old French reube , roube , Anglo-Norman and Old French robbe , robe booty, spoils of war (in Anglo-Norman apparently especially clothing), movable goods belonging to an individual (both mid 12th cent.), probably ultimately a borrowing of the Germanic base of Old High German rauba (feminine) booty, spoils, looted clothing < the same base as reave v.¹ (compare reif n. and masculine Germanic forms cited at that entry). This semantic development is apparently attested earlier by post-classical Latin rauba (from 12th cent. also roba ) booty, spoils (7th cent.), clothes taken from an enemy (8th cent.), clothes, man's or woman's garment (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources; also from 13th cent. in continental sources), livery (frequently from 13th cent. in British sources; also from 13th cent. in continental sources). Compare reaf n. and also rob v.Compare Old Occitan rouba booty (12th cent.), merchandise (13th cent.), movable goods, gown (both 14th cent.), Catalan roba merchandise, cargo (late 13th cent.), act of plundering, pillaging (a1306), booty, personal effects (both 14th cent.), clothing, gown (both early 15th cent.), Italian roba personal effects (late 13th cent.), piece of clothing, garment (14th cent.). Probably < an ultimately related Germanic base (compare ripe v.²) are Spanish ropa household items, luggage, clothing (1090; 917 as raupa ), Portuguese roupa garment, clothing, fabric, household linens (13th cent.; 1136 as raupa ). Compare also ( < French) Dutch robe gown, vestment, toga, etc. (c1578), German Robe long woman's outer garment with sleeves, ceremonial dress (both end of the 16th cent.), robes of office (18th cent.), Swedish rob , robe woman's gown (mid 18th cent.), ecclesiastical vestment (mid 19th cent.). With sense 6 compare French robe d'enfant (1636). 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. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown robec1225 frock1538 attire1587 gown1716 dress1802 disco1964 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown robec1225 gownc1400 habit1716 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering > like a garment weedOE robec1225 kirtle1398 vestment1483 vesture1526 apron1535 gabardine1542 garment1585 tire1594 dress1608 garb1613 cowl1658 investiture1660 dressing1835 pinafore1845 cloak1876 c1225 Worcester Glosses to Old Eng. Homilies in Anglia (1928) 52 24 Reaf : robe. a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 64 (MED) Þine robin of fau & of gris..rotihin sal so dot þe lef þad honkit on þe ris. a1300 Passion our Lord l. 66 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 39 (MED) Ne hedde he none robe, of fowe ne of gray. c1350 Apocalypse St. John: A Version (Harl. 874) (1961) 163 (MED) He was cloþed in a robe reded wiþ blood. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 3676 His moder..cled him..Wit his broþer robe. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiii. 227 And fewe robes I fonge or furred gounes. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) i. ii. 12 Them that ben cladd in thy clothynge & robes. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 151 Hym Suffysid a lytill graue..for his halle, and for his roob. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) ii. l. 790 in Shorter Poems (1967) 54 With lawrere crownyt in robbis syd all new, Of a fassoun. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 43 Theare [is] wardrob abundant Of roabs most pretiouse. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiv. v. 490 In auncient time all the Images and Statues erected to the honour of any men, were in their gownes and robes. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 141 O well did he become that Lyons robe, That did disrobe the Lion of that robe. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 543 As when Alcides..felt th' envenom'd robe . View more context for this quotation 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 182 The glittering robe, Of every hue reflected light can give. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature II. 511 Turbans and flowing robes are adapted to hot countries. 1827 G. Keppel Personal Narr. Trav. Babylonia (ed. 3) I. xiv. 324 We found the figure of a man..dressed in a long robe. 1871 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Odyssey I. v. 130 The nymph too, in a robe of silver-white,..Arrayed herself. 1953 Citizen (Letchworth, Herts.) 4 Sept. 1/8 There were fruitarians, nutarians, simple lifers, long-haired men, women with long, flowing robes, and a few as near nude as they dared. 1970 A. K. Armah Fragments ii. 43 A man with a thick beard and a long white robe gesticulated, danced and swayed with the music. 2001 A. Solomon Noonday Demon (2002) iii. 166 Mareme Diouf came to meet us, barefoot, wearing a headdress and a long robe. b. In plural. Outer clothes in general, esp. long, loose-fitting ones.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from the plural of sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > outerwear > [noun] robesc1330 overclothing1425 out-clothing1496 shaping apparel1564 outside1600 out-garment1634 out-dressa1637 out-array1647 superinvestiture1681 overclothes1824 outer clothing1841 hap1868 outerwear1883 overwear1885 shaping clothes1894 outwear1935 c1330 Horn Child l. 865 in J. Hall King Horn (1901) 189 (MED) Now be min robes riuen, & me no was no noþer ȝeuen Of alle þis seuen ȝere. c1350 How Good Wife taught her Daughter (Emmanuel) (1948) l. 100 (MED) With riche robes [c1500 Trin. Cambr. roobys] and gerlondes..Ne cuntrefete no leuedi. c1450 (a1425) Metrical Paraphr. Old Test. (Selden) 12427 (MED) When he all þe suth had sene, his ryche robes he rofe and rent. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 13939 Whan he wackont of wo, he wan vpo fote, All-to rechit his robis. 1573 G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 383 You shall know the cause, wherefore these robes are worne, And why I go outlandishlike, yet being english borne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 130 Now shal my friend Petruchio do me grace, And offer me disguis'd in sober robes, To old Baptista. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. ii. 112 See not your Bride in these vnreuerent robes . View more context for this quotation 1740 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) X. 218 He..shook her robes, lest she should have concealed poison in them. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 336 She left her wheel and robes of country brown. 1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. i., in Lamia & Other Poems 157 His flaming robes stream'd out beyond his heels. 1880 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 646 Josephine in her flowing robes was a noble-looking woman. 1908 F. Morton Laughter & Tears 65 Her step was noiseless, and her trailing grey Sad robes were Silence visible. 1981 T. D. Barnes Constantine & Eusebius xiv. 260 Constantine..laid aside the imperial purple, and donned plain robes of brilliant white. 2005 D. James Baked to Death 111 A tall, very young woman dressed in simple robes came running into the tent. 2. a. A long outer garment of a particular form or material worn to denote a person's rank, office, profession, etc. Frequently with modifying word. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > indicative of office, profession, or status robec1300 gown1377 formality?1578 toga1738 toguea1862 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 324 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 116 (MED) Þe Abite of Monek he nam, And a-boue al þan clerkene Robe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9072 (MED) Tas of..Mi king rob [Fairf. kinges robe] als þat i wer. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iii. 271 Schal no seriaunt for þat seruyse were a silk houue, Ne no ray robe of riche pelure. 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. iv Oftymes the peple make grete wondrynges of the ryche robe of the courtyour. 1537 T. Starkey Let. 1 Feb. in Eng. in Reign Henry VIII (1878) i. p. lxv Master Pole hathe gotten the Cardynallys hatte & robbe made. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 56 Thus did I keepe my person fresh and new, My presence like a roabe pontificall, Nere seene but wondred at. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 63 Nor the deputed sword, The Marshalls Truncheon, nor the Iudges Robe . View more context for this quotation 1688 T. D'Urfey Fool's Preferment v. 79 The King..has..made you the Duke of Dunstable; And as such, he bids you wear this Robe of State. 1764 E. Seymour Compl. Hist. Eng. I. 628/1 Henry now assumed the ducal robe, as sovereign of Normandy. 1794 T. Maurice Indian Antiq. V. 138 Golden bells formed a part of the ornaments of the pontifical robe of the Jewish high-priest. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 85 He then bestowed upon him a robe of honour. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 382 Johnson had therefore been stripped of his robe by persons who had no jurisdiction over him. 1906 H. F. Brown tr. P. Molmenti Venice I. ii. ix. 9 The nobles and magistrates adopted, as official dress for state occasions, the long robe lined with fur. 1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited xxviii. 333 Then the Chancellor [of Oxford University]: Lord Halifax, nearing eighty now, and bent beneath the weight of his years and his robe of office. 2007 J. S. Borthwick Foiled Again 254 He was clothed in an academic robe with black velvet arm stripes. b. In plural in same sense.Master, Mistress, Yeoman of the Robes: see the first element. ΚΠ 1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 259 (MED) He lyst be mevid to clothe him in his roobys..as consulers vsid before. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 153 (MED) Now I regne..Rollyd in rynggys and robys of array. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 110 (MED) First hadde Arthur the kynge put on hym an habergon vndir his robes. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. GGGiiii^v Though the kynge were before hym in his robes of golde. 1582 A. Golding tr. Ioyful & Royal Entertainment sig. D2 His highnesse was yet still in his robes of estate. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. O. de la Noue Profit of Imprisonm. in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. 645 Their garments passe..The glorious Salomon's rich robes of Parlament. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 309 Inuested in the sanctimonious robes of a Bishop. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 64 Pretors, Proconsuls to thir Provinces Hasting or on return, in robes of State. View more context for this quotation a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 499 He put on his robes in hast,..and called up the Commons. 1772 W. Jones Poems 42 Accept the robes and sceptre of the land. 1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 248 The senators and magistrates of Rome appear clad in the ecclesiastical robes of the period, in which the manuscript was written. 1874 L. J. Kennaway Crusts 29 The Bishop wore his robes with all dignity. 1900 Harper's Weekly 24 Mar. 269/3 He was leaving after dinner, dressed as usual in his long embroidered official robes, with his button and his peacock-feather. 1956 Times 14 Apr. 5/3 It is impossible not to notice on the wall a picture of the Queen in her Coronation robes. 2005 J. Brady Bleedout (2008) 412 A proud college graduate in mortarboard and robes. 3. figurative and in figurative contexts. Something likened to a robe in form or function. ΚΠ c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 6390 (MED) A robe he let him ssape uerst of blod red scarlet þere: Þe ssarpe stones bi þe stret is tailors were, Vor he let him mid hors to drawe fram strete to strete. c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 103 (MED) Þerfore modur, loue þou penaunce, and kep wel hereaftir þe furste robe of innocence unfouled. c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 253 (MED) Þis robe [sc. Virginity] scholde be wel y-kepte from þre spottes: of filþe of erþe, of blod, and of fier. a1500 in H. A. Person Cambr. Middle Eng. Lyrics (1953) 48 (MED) With robys of rethoryk sith thow art not clad But with rusty roset like to thyn astate. 1528 R. Copland tr. Secrete of Secretes of Arystotle sig. f.i Medowes..sprowte and corne groweth, &..byrdes ben clothed with newe robes, and enforce them to synge. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. i. 12 You haue..made vs doffe our easie roabes of peace. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lxi. 10 He hath couered me with the robe of righteousnes. View more context for this quotation a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 110 The Moone..Impearling with her Teares her Robe of Night. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vii. 165 In a weeks time the Tree casts off her old Robes, and is cloathed in a new pleasant garb. 1727 J. Thomson Summer 15 Prime Chearer, Light!.. Nature's resplendent Robe. 1795 S. T. Coleridge To Author of Poems 36 With stars, unseen before, spangling her robe of night! 1837 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. I. xxvi. 398 Surely these attainments are but our first manly robe. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 59 Another [hut] wore A close-set robe of jasmine. 1920 J. Brett Hidden Sanctuary i. 29 No imaginary robe should invest the soul, but only the precious robes of the virtues, and over all the mantle of humility. 1967 I. H. Bartlett Amer. Mind Mid-19th Cent. iv. 76 Lincoln believed that the American robe was trailing in the dust and he sought to repurify it in the spirit of the Revolution. 2002 N. Tosches In Hand of Dante 168 The robe of his own life and soul had been singed..by this idiot pyre. 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. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > military man > [noun] > collectively > and or or legal robe1536 1536 in J. Gairdner Lett. & Papers Reign Henry VIII (1888) (modernized text) XI. 561 As a council is to be held of nobles and gentlemen of both robes. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII (1876) (modernized text) 127 He sent..commissioners of both robes, the prior of Lanthony to be his chancellor..; and Sir Edward Poynings..with a civil power of his lieutenant. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 282 There was a gentleman of your robe a Dignitary of Lincoln. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 157. ⁋6 Our learned Men of either Robe. 1862 R. Vaughan Eng. Nonconformity ii. viii. 327 The next day, it was resolved that all the members of the house of both robes should be added to this committee. (b) With the. Now historical.Chiefly with reference to the legal profession. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > [noun] lawc1405 professiona1425 long robe1586 side-robe1658 robe1662 1662 R. L'Estrange Memento i. 172 As I Reckon These Men of the Robe to be the very Pests of Humane Nature, when they Degenerate from the Prime End of their Institution. 1671 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 497 Mr. Commartin..is a man of the robe, but in very good esteem with everybody. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 36 He was a son of the Robe; his Father having been a Judge in the Court of the Common Pleas. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 109 The most eminent Persons of the Robe. 1770 S. Foote Lame Lover iii. 58 I was some years in the Temple; but the death of my brother robb'd the robe of my labours. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. iii. 102 Men of the sword, men of the robe; Peers, dignified clergy, Parlementary Presidents. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxix. 284 The cadets of many of our good families follow the robe as a profession. 1907 Columbia Law Rev. 7 341 If the balance of political power were confided to the judiciary, we would be subjected to a veritable aristocracy of the robe. 1962 L. Edwards tr. J. Pirenne Tides of Hist. I. i. vi. 63 A new nobility of the robe..was created to counterbalance the ancient military and landowning nobility. 2002 C. Jones Great Nation ii. 39 Members of the Robe sat alongside members of the old Sword nobility. †b. People of high rank or office collectively (in quots. contrasted with rag). Also with the. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun] > person of > collectively dignity1548 robe1589 sanctorum1675 quality1693 statesfolk1735 laudable1815 rank1883 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxxiii. 145 So plagueth ciuile Warre, and so from Robe to Ragge dooth scoure. 1816 European Mag. & London Rev. Oct. 344/2 I am addressing men who will not prostrate their consciences before privilege or power..who will feel that, as in the eye of that God to whose aid they have appealed, there is not the minutest difference between the rag and the robe. 5. Chiefly North American. The dressed skin or skins of an animal used as a garment, blanket, or similar covering. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from ox, cow, or buffalo neat's leather?a1425 buff-leather1574 buff-hide1589 buff-skin1589 cowhide1728 robe1761 Grecian leather1852 crop1858 crop-leather1858 steerhide1921 1761 tr. P. de Charlevoix Jrnl. Voy. N.-Amer. I. 157 The green beaver are such as have been worn by the Indians, who, after having well tawed them on the inside..sew several of them together, making a sort of garment, which they call a robe. 1801 W. Somerville Jrnl. 29 Nov. in Narr. Journeys Eastern Cape Frontier (1979) iv. 126 The Booshwanha shield is very small but to supply the deficiency of its size he wears in battle his skin robe folded together several times over his shoulders as a protection to that part. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (at cited word) A pack of robes, is ten skins, tied in a pack, which is the manner in which they are brought from the far West to market. 1892 W. Pike Barren Ground N. Canada 106 The robes were in splendid condition; the undergrowth, which resembles a sheep's fleece.., was now thick and firm. 1932 J. G. Neihardt Black Elk Speaks ix. 125 He had on a spotted war bonnet and a spotted robe made of some animal's skin. 1992 A. W. Eckert Sorrow in our Heart iv. 273 Well-tanned buckskin and elkhide, buffalo robes and great heavy bearskins. 6. a. A long outer garment for a baby. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific people > other slip1690 jam1793 robe1799 hostess dress1951 1799 S. Lee Clergyman's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales III. 383 She had teased her godmother out of almost a whole piece of cambric to dress her doll, in hopes that it would make a robe for the baby. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 561 Polkas, veils, berthes, handkerchiefs, sleeves, baby's robes, robings. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. lviii. 278 Her baby had been born prematurely, and all the embroidered robes and caps had to be laid by in darkness. 1909 Daily Chron. 18 Nov. 7/1 Brief drawing-room appearances in a nurse's arms with robes and tie-ups—blue for a boy, pink for a girl. 1982 Time 5 July 27/2 The baby Prince is expected to wear a robe of Honiton lace, made originally for Edward VII's christening in 1842. 2008 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 22 May (Homestyle section) 1 Soft minky, which often is used for baby blankets and robes. b. A dressing gown or bath robe. Now chiefly North American.Recorded earliest in dressing robe. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > dressing gown gown1600 robe de chambre1687 dressing gown1699 robe1812 Schlafrock1836 1812 A. Doherty Castles of Wolfnorth & Mont Eagle II. vi. 182 As Sir Philip sat wrapt in these ruminations, a light step was heard, and Stanley entered in his dressing robe. 1854 C. Dickens Hard Times ii. viii. 223 She arose, put on a loose robe, and went out of her room in the dark. 1900 St. Nicholas Mar. 405/1 Getting quickly out of bed, she..drew on the pink eider-down bedroom robe which lay upon the chair beside her. 1938 M. Allingham Fashion in Shrouds vi. 73 ‘Robe's’ the new name for dressing-gown. 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard viii. 246 Tying his robe, he stepped out and along to the kitchen. 1999 D. F. Wallace Brief Interviews with Hideous Men 226 If the bell rang..she would hear it and be out of bed and off down the hall without even putting on her robe. †7. A piece of material partly shaped for a woman's dress. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > piece of material partly shaped for robe1899 1899 World of Dress Jan. 3 (advt.) White and cream lace robes in enormous variety, from 69/6 to 26 Guineas, the complete dress. Compounds C1. General attributive and objective, as robe-cloak, robe maker, †robe-spinning, robe-tearing, etc. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 361 The shining wooll Whence the roab-spinning precious Wormes are full. 1714 A. Smith Hist. Lives Highway-men 268 Said he to the Robe-maker, I doubt it is too short? 1755 J. Kidgell Card II. 205 Dr. Elwes himself was..cloathed in ecclesiastical Apparel neat and entire from the Robe-maker's. 1831 J. MacDonald in Life (1849) III. 174 A species of religious robe-tearing. 1851 Punch 21 122/1 She..had employed him as a foreman in the robe-making business. 1908 G. B. Shaw Lett. to Granville Barker (1956) 139 I have persuaded her to be discovered next time in a robe-cloak. 1971 C. Major Black Slang 110 The more orthodox robe-wearing Moslems of Harlem. 2005 L. J. Freeh My FBI vi. 157 He had kindly offered his robe maker in Minnesota to make my own first robe. C2. robe chamber n. now historical a room used for changing into or for storing official robes; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > room for keeping clothes or dressing wardrobec1440 garderobe?c1450 vestiaryc1450 vestuaryc1490 vestry1574 guarda-roba1602 dressing room1659 robe chamber1665 tire-room1681 robes-roomc1689 apodyteriuma1695 robing room1712 attiring-room1756 toilet1790 toilet chamber1798 toilet room1800 changing room1841 dressing shed1845 change room1886 1665 S. Pepys Diary 23 June (1971) VI. 134 My Lord Sandwich did take me aside..in the robe-chamber. 1755 J. Wesley Jrnl. (1761) 23 Dec. X. 38 I was in the Robe-chamber, adjoining the House of Lords, when the King put on his robes. 1872 E. E. Ford My Recreations 46 When Death lays by the body's fleshly dress, A kingly servitor takes off our raiment, And in the grave's robe chamber, we make stayment. 1909 M. W. Jacobus et al. Standard Bible Dict. 189/2 Kings and princes kept them [sc. festival robes] in a meltāhāh, robe-chamber, or ‘wardrobe’. 2007 Guardian (London) (Nexis) 24 Nov. Our bedroom once saw service as Buckingham's robe chamber. robe coat n. now Scottish (north-eastern) 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. ΚΠ 1756 Prater 4 Sept. 156 I have been trying and trying these seven years, ever since I was out of my Robe-coat, to fix a man. 1797 C. Lennox Hist. of Sir George Warrington v. 69 How angry I was with my aunt for keeping me in a robe coat, when, though your junior by a year or two, I thought myself as well entitled to a sacque. 1818 Robinson's Mag. 25 July 21/1 Young ladies wore robe-coats..which were a kind of slips that had an ornament of doubled silk, resembling the robe, depending from each shoulder. 1911 C. Mackenzie Passionate Elopement xviii. 170 Swansdown misses..put into corsets almost as soon as they were out of robe-coats. 1964 New Shetlander No. 70. 27 She wuir a hap, rob cott an bratt. † robe-goer n. Obsolete a member of the English royal household charged with looking after the King's robes. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > with specific clothing > robe or robes > one who > one who has charge of robe-goer1701 rober1852 1701 in J. Redington Cal. Treasury Papers (1871) 529 Robegoers [and] bedgoers. 1791 S. Pegge Curialia: Pt. 3 88 Those who had the Care of the King's Robes on such occasions were called Robe-Goers. 1841 T. F. Hunt Examplars of Tudor Archit. vi. 185 Other yeomen guarded the king's robes at his removals, and were therefore called Robe-Goers. † robes-room n. Obsolete rare = robing room n. at robing n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > room for keeping clothes or dressing wardrobec1440 garderobe?c1450 vestiaryc1450 vestuaryc1490 vestry1574 guarda-roba1602 dressing room1659 robe chamber1665 tire-room1681 robes-roomc1689 apodyteriuma1695 robing room1712 attiring-room1756 toilet1790 toilet chamber1798 toilet room1800 changing room1841 dressing shed1845 change room1886 c1689 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 146 In consideracion of his services and extraordinary attendances at the robes-roome upon his said Majestie and the Privy Councill and Committees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). roben.² Brit. /rəʊb/, U.S. /roʊb/ Forms: 1900s– 'robe, 1900s– robe. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: wardrobe n. Etymology: Shortened < wardrobe n. A wardrobe, esp. a fitted one. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > cupboard or cabinet > [noun] > for clothes wardrobe1440 vestiary1656 clothes-press1714 hanging-press1743 hanging wardrobe1896 chifforobe1908 robe1926 compactum1948 1926 Times 14 July 4/3 Furniture manufactured for the New Metropole Hotel, Calcutta..: 45 Gentlemen's fitted robes. 1935 Spectator 7 June 972/1 If you want a ‘Board’..I'd choose wawnut every time: but when it comes to a 'Robe, there's nothing to touch m'yogany. 1969 Sydney Morning Herald 24 May 43/9 (advt.) Built-in robes. 1974 T. R. Dennis in J. Burnett Useful Toil iii. 354 I did a bedroom suite for £21; it had a six-foot robe..dressing-table and tall-boy and bed to match. 2003 S. Whyte & N. Jess Starting & running B&B iv. 72 As for furniture, the most important piece, other than a bed, is a wardrobe—for those rooms without fitted robes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). robev. Brit. /rəʊb/, U.S. /roʊb/ Forms: see robe n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: robe n.¹ Etymology: < robe n.¹ 1. a. transitive. To clothe (a person) in a robe or robes; to dress (esp. elaborately). Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > robe or robes robea1400 apparel1576 enrobe1593 vest1639 re-robe1795 a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Herod & John the Baptist (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Roben Quat yed ye..to se In wildernes..A man robed in wlank wede? c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. ix. 1 Thus, yrobid [v.r. yrobit; C. robed] in rosset, I rombide aboute. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xv. 333 Ȝe robeth [v.rr. robbeth, robben, robbiþ] and fedeth Hem þat han as ȝe han. 1592 B. Rich Aduentures Brusanus iii. xx. 169 Hee comforted them with chearefull and louing speeches, hee likewise caused them to bee royally robed, in rich and sumptious apparell be-fitting their estate. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion iii. 60 A Piece of rich Satin, to new Robe him. 1711 G. Hickes Two Treat. (ed. 3) II. i. 17 He robed, and unrobed himself in his Throne. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 294 Ulysses robe'd him in the cloak and vest. 1805 D. Hughson London I. 582 His Danish majesty went in a private manner to the theatre.., and afterwards robed himself in masquerade in one of the dressing rooms. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 82 Rise therefore; robe yourself in this. 1922 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 760/2 He is robed in the national Kashmiri dress. 1969 New Yorker 31 May 32/1 If I am resolute, I will arise and robe myself. 2002 B. Hoey Her Majesty xix. 295 Her Majesty is robed at the Palace of Westminster just before the State Opening of Parliament. b. transitive. figurative and in figurative contexts. To clothe or cover. Chiefly with in or with. ΚΠ 1614 R. Brathwait Poets Willow 54 Elizas mind, Is robed with nuptiall thoughts. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 14 Nature roabing the fruitfull earth with her choisest Tapistry. 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 33 Wher the great Sun begins his state, Rob'd in flames, and Amber light. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 265. ¶9 Ovid..tells us..that Aurora..is robed in Saffron. 1797–1803 J. Foster Jrnl. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 223 The eloquent Coleridge sometimes retires into a sublime mysticism of thought: he robes himself in moonlight. 1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal viii. 155 Love robed her in a blush. 1892 Ld. Tennyson Foresters iv. i. 154 A thousand winters Will strip you bare as death, a thousand summers Robe you life-green again. 1906 W. M. Reid Story Old Fort Johnston v. 55 Distance of time often lends enchantment to the lives of noted or notorious persons,..robing them with motives for their actions. 1998 L. Kriesberg Constructive Confl. iii. 84 Revolutionary challenges to a government can be aided by robing them in nationalistic claims. 2. intransitive. To put on a robe or robes. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > in specific clothing to cover (one's head)c1340 boot1600 to be covered1611 to put on1611 robea1626 cloak1774 wrap1847 tuck1888 gown1896 flannel1919 to suit up1927 to dress down1941 a1626 F. Bacon Advt. Holy Warre in Certaine Misc. Wks. (1629) 96 Only to Roab, and Feast, and performe Rites, and Obseruances. 1805 J. Carr Northern Summer x. 212 It constitutes a part of the privileges of a bishop to robe in the body of the church. 1829 R. Southey All for Love iii. 30 And there the Priests are robing now. 1869 Daily News 14 Dec. The Bishops were to meet at half-past 8 o'clock in a meeting hall, where they were to robe and form in procession. 1907 H. Begbie Vigil xii. 197 He hurried on to the lifeboat house where the choir was then robing by lantern light. 1952 Times 28 June 6/4 The Queen robed in the library. 2001 B. A. Deburg in C. Cherry et al. Relig. on Campus ii. 45 The congregation..sat in armchairs or on the floor, with the presiding priest robing and then taking a seat in the middle of the room. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1225n.²1926v.a1400
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