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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
robe
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
▪ A man in a wig and black robes.
▪ He had worked hard for the party and had earned the black robe, and he was even a pretty good lawyer.
▪ Although members of the community dressed alike, the women in black robes, they were not bound to celibacy.
▪ Lanier was a predator in black robes, and for that he deserves the stiff prison term he was sentenced to.
▪ The Archbishop stood in his traditional black robes, high hat and full bearded splendour.
▪ In the video she is dressed in plain black robes and a head cloth.
▪ I glimpsed the black robes and wondered why Southgate would be so interested in such a grisly execution.
blue
▪ He was dressed in a long blue robe which reached down to snow-flecked boots.
▪ He was right there in front of me, white wings and a blue robe with gold buttons.
▪ They wore long light blue robes and smelled of strange spices.
▪ I reached out my crooked arm and touched the hem of her royal blue robe and her matching cloth slippers.
▪ The dancers are dressed in orange and blue robes.
dark
▪ What was behind the dark robe and what was within the deep, all-concealing hood?
▪ They were the Mien, whose blue-turbaned women were swathed in dark robes accented with red wool ruffs.
▪ A further dark robe hid the damaged frame from view, but the face had a pull, like magnetism.
▪ He was wearing a dark robe, made darker by constant wear and irregular washings.
▪ The figures wore dark robes and carried small incense burners.
long
▪ He was dressed in a long blue robe which reached down to snow-flecked boots.
▪ He exulted and from the pocket of his long robe withdrew a self-powered Atomo bulb that filled the room with pearly light.
▪ She was dressed in a long white robe of finely pleated linen, which was belted loosely at the waist.
▪ It was a small man in long, black robes who turned Bishop's life around.
▪ That long white robe I had seen him in that night was a sort of hospital gown.
red
▪ The dark red and damson robes were heavy and stifling and they could not possibly be what she was looking for.
▪ Jack was wide awake, in his red silk pajamas and red silk robe.
▪ The red robe they gave her there was the first bright colour she had worn.
▪ Several photos, tokens of thanksgiving, are attached to the red velvet robe that covers the carving.
white
▪ A man in a grubby white robe was in the passenger seat.
▪ Those who preceded us on this crossing had been swathed in white robes atop lurching camels.
▪ Five yards away a woman sat almost in profile, a white towelling robe easy on her shoulders.
▪ A golden crown adorns the head and the relic is dressed in beautiful white robes delicately and artistically embroidered with gold.
▪ She was dressed in a long white robe of finely pleated linen, which was belted loosely at the waist.
▪ He wore a white robe that he used, as he talked, to cover and uncover his bare feet.
▪ Mrs Quigley was wearing a loose white robe with a hat and a veil rather like a bee-keeper's.
▪ She herself had been named as wearing a white robe - and was asked had she ever done so.
■ NOUN
buffalo
▪ The buffalo robes were good for keeping warm in carriages in northern cities.
▪ Tiredness ached in her bones, she sagged and rocked, hunched in her blanket with the buffalo robe around her feet.
▪ That done, the sick man and the buffalo robe were removed.
▪ Moses McTavish and I ducked through his tipi door and sat cross-legged on buffalo robes around the fire pit in the center.
▪ A wife, if she worked hard, could prepare ten buffalo robes for trade in a season.
▪ At the traders', one buffalo robe was worth from seven to nine cups of sugar.
silk
▪ Putting down her cup, she reached for the silk robe laid out on a chair at the side of the bed.
▪ Jack was wide awake, in his red silk pajamas and red silk robe.
▪ She slid her arms into her silk robe and tied it loosely at the waist.
▪ Milly, in her white silk robe, becomes the focus of our gaze as the camera pulls back.
▪ He was still in a silk robe, in his office, staring dully at the grey morning beyond the windows.
towelling
▪ She pulled on one of the towelling robes and wandered back into the bedroom, selecting clean clothes.
▪ You pull a towelling robe from the back of the door and throw it at her.
▪ With a disconsolate sigh she stood up, slipped off the towelling robe and threw it over a chair.
▪ Five yards away a woman sat almost in profile, a white towelling robe easy on her shoulders.
▪ By the time he had closed the door and turned into the room she had slipped the towelling robe off her shoulders.
▪ Presently, relaxed and generously anointed with body-lotion, she wrapped herself in a fluffy towelling robe and went back downstairs.
▪ Kurt Steiner in pyjamas and towelling robe, sat by the window reading.
■ VERB
dress
▪ Buddhist monks dressed in ochre robes lit traditional butter lamps and held a six-hour prayer vigil at a Himalayan monastery in Sikkim.
▪ He thought she looked like a vast boulder, dressed in a chenille robe, that some one had rolled to the door.
▪ A golden crown adorns the head and the relic is dressed in beautiful white robes delicately and artistically embroidered with gold.
▪ In the video she is dressed in plain black robes and a head cloth.
▪ A ghostly figure appeared, dressed in flowing robes of blue and white.
▪ Then Olivia and her brother, dressed in their priestly robes, pour libations into the holy well.
▪ Afterwards, they were washed by Taheb's body servants, and dressed in visiting robes.
pull
▪ You pull a towelling robe from the back of the door and throw it at her.
▪ She dragged her eyes away from D'Arcy, pulling her robe closed.
put
▪ She put on her robe, lit the candle and went on tip-toe down the back stairs and into the kitchen.
▪ He put on his robe and went into his own room to dress.
▪ He lay there a while longer, unable to relax, then got up and put on his robe.
▪ Brenda put on her robe and went to the end of the hall and looked out.
▪ Now put your robe on and come into the living room.
wear
▪ The angel on the right wears a robe whose tint is of this same blue, but whose intensity is less.
▪ Larry paced the small rooms now, drink in hand, wearing an enormous striped robe.
▪ Mrs Quigley was wearing a loose white robe with a hat and a veil rather like a bee-keeper's.
▪ He wore a white robe that he used, as he talked, to cover and uncover his bare feet.
▪ He wore a heavy velvet robe of deepest crimson and indigo, trimmed with black fur.
▪ She was a tall girl, quite pretty, I thought, and she always wore a lovely kimono robe.
▪ He was wearing a dark robe, made darker by constant wear and irregular washings.
▪ On television, the emperor is wearing medieval robes, edged in gilt.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Kovitsky was up on the bench, in his black robes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An Arab's flowing robes and racing camels gleamed white against the ochre dirt.
▪ Death raced from room to room, his robe flapping.
▪ Each vied with others in the number of his retainers, the magnificence of his robes and accoutrements.
▪ Monks in saffron-colored robes are everywhere, seasoning the landscape.
▪ Pizzi's garb-gold lame for days and more saffron robes than at a Hare Krishna convention-seemed intrusive.
▪ She slid her arms into her silk robe and tied it loosely at the waist.
▪ The robe is a richly patterned 7-by-10-foot cotton cloth whose abstract symbols represent the powers and obligations of kingship.
▪ The buffalo robes were good for keeping warm in carriages in northern cities.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Robe

Robe \Robe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Robed; p. pr. & vb. n. Robing.] To invest with a robe or robes; 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.

Robe

Robe \Robe\, n. [F., fr. LL. rauba a gown, 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.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
robe

"long, loose outer garment," late 13c., from Old French robe "long, loose outer garment" (12c.), from a Germanic source (compare Old High German rouba "vestments"), from West Germanic *raubo "booty" (cognate with Old High German roub "robbery, breakage"), which also yielded rob (v.).\n

\nPresumably the notion is of garments taken from the enemy as spoils, and the Old French word had a secondary sense of "plunder, booty," while Germanic cognates had both senses; as in Old English reaf "plunder, booty, spoil; garment, armor, vestment." Meaning "dressing gown" is from 1854. Metonymic sense of "the legal profession" is attested from 1640s.

robe

late 14c., from robe (n.). Related: Robed; robing.

Wiktionary
robe

n. 1 A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature. 2 (context US English) The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. vb. To clothe someone in a robe.

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WordNet
robe

  1. n. any loose flowing garment

  2. outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions [syn: gown]

robe

v. clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes [syn: vest]

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Wikipedia
Robe

A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment. Unlike garments described as capes or cloaks, robes usually have sleeves. The English word robe derives from Middle English robe ("garment"), borrowed from Old French robe ("booty, spoils"), itself taken from the Frankish word *rouba ("spoils, things stolen, clothes"), and is related to the word rob. There are various types of robes, including:

  • A gown worn as part of the academic regalia of faculty or students, especially for ceremonial occasions, such as a convocations, congregations or graduations.
  • A gown worn as part of the attire of a judge or barrister.
  • A wide variety of long, flowing religious dress including pulpit robes and the robes worn by various types of monks.
  • A gown worn as part of the official dress of a peer or royalty.
  • Any of several women's fashions, as robe d'anglaise (18th century), " robe de style" (1920s).
  • A gown worn in fantasy literature and role-playing games by wizards and other magical characters.
  • A " bathrobe" worn mostly after bathing or swimming. A typical bathrobe is made of an absorbent material such as towelling, and might be worn at home after a bath, to keep warm and preserve modesty if there is no need to dress. A similar garment not made of absorbent material might be called a dressing gown or housecoat. See, for example, that worn by the fictional character Arthur Dent.
  • (Informal usage) Any long flowing garment; for example, a cassock is sometimes called a robe, although a cassock is close-fitting.
Robe (disambiguation)

A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment.

Robe may also refer to:

Robe (woreda)

Robe is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the Robe River, 80 kilometers of which flows through the woreda. Part of the Arsi Zone, Robe is bordered on the south by the Shebelle River which separates it from the Bale Zone, on the southwest by Sherka, on the west by Tena, on the north by Sude, on the northeast by Amigna, and on the east by Seru. The administrative center of the woreda is Robe; other towns in Robe include Habe and Sedika.

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Usage examples of "robe".

It would take a united High Councilwhich should happen when the Thun raiders become agriculturalists and poets, and not beforeor a large number of Black Robes agreeing to do his bidding.

And at length emerges the little aigrette of silver flowers, the ebony coiffure, the gray silk robe and mauve sash of Mademoiselle Jasmin, my fiancee!

Half-turning she lifted her robe to expose the alabastrine rounds of her buttocks.

Those that appeared to be servants or visitors paid them little heed, but Alec noticed that the wizards, whom he distinguished by their long, colorful robes, invariably drew back from them as if in fear or disgust.

We were all in red robes now, Alem Mikail being the last to pull his on.

I offered the flechette pistol to Alem but he gestured for me to keep it and showed me how to tuck it in one of the multiple sashes of the long, crimson robe.

By the time she stepped onto dirt he was sliding swiftly alongshore, heading for a small knot of hooded and robed Funor about halfway back to the rivermouth.

While Christina took off her robe, Amine stared in wonder at her breeches.

That exchange put me in a less than pleasant mood, and when Amrita emerged in her silk robe she took one look in the bag and announced that it was the wrong fabric.

The figures were far more beautiful than Venus and Adonis, for the faces were those of Angelhood, the forms those of Wisdom and Love: both wore flowing robes, tinged like a glowing sunrise.

Brown Robes might very well wind up on the dustheap with Argan and Koman.

The sardonic cleric seated beside Rosvita, who kept making sarcastic asides, brushed at his shoulder when Liath tugged at his robes, as though brushing at a fly.

It was all I could do to tear my eyes off Asteria, who sat panting on the ground, ripping at the shreds of the long robe entangling her neck and legs.

Once more they landed at a short distance from Constantinople, and Rother bade his men hide in a thicket, while he went into the city, disguised as a pilgrim, and carrying under his robe a hunting horn, which he promised to sound should he at any time find himself in danger.

He sat on the floor with his knees drawn up to his chest, watching with bafflement as Merry-Death grabbed a fleecy robe from a wall hook, sliced him a quelling glare, unlocked the door, and shot away from him, faster than an arrow from a crossbow.