Robes


robe

R0269700 (rōb)n.1. A long loose flowing outer garment, especially:a. often robes An official garment worn on formal occasions to show office or rank, as by a judge or high church official.b. An academic gown.c. A dressing gown or bathrobe.2. robes Clothes; apparel.3. A blanket or covering made of material, such as fur or cloth: a lap robe.v. robed, rob·ing, robes v.tr. To cover or dress in a robe or in something that functions like a robe: fields that were robed with snow.v.intr. To put on a robe or robes.
[Middle English, from Old French robe, booty, movable personal possessions like clothing, robe, of Germanic origin; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

Robes

 a loose outer garment; the legal profession collectively, as ‘the robe’.Examples: robes of jasmine, 1864; of light, 1849; of night, 1623; of vapours, 1857.