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 (?), 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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