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Meanings of robe in anglès

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Long outer garment, worn by advocates and judges as part of judicial dress.

Related terms
portuguès
vestido
català
toga

Outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions.

toga
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Examples for "gown"
Examples for "gown"
1
She wore her new gown in honor of her father's good news.
Rakes and radishes
2
A couple of minutes later, another young woman came out, another gown.
Devil's keep
3
I will undress in the house and wrap myself in my dressing-gown.
The Dangerous Age: Letters and Fragments from a Woman's Diary
4
The importance of the use of the night-gown received the same attention.
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography
5
The cap and gown reside in a glass case in the lobby.
The Irish Times
portuguès
vestido
català
vestir
espanyol
vestir

Clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes.

vestir

Cover as if with clothing.

Usage of robe in anglès
1
I sprung from the carriage; I caught the girl by the robe.
Pelham — Volume 07
2
And felt a heavy weight swinging the right side of her robe.
In the Dark
3
The robe must be of spotless white; the mantle or scarf blue.
Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts
4
Wait for my word.' The silhouette of his robe began to fade.
The Naked God
5
The robe shall meanwhile be deposited in the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus.
The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
6
Her beauty hides itself under the simple robe of the Californian matron.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
7
And so it befell her to be buried in the stained robe.
Celibates
8
The sea rises to my knee soaking the hem of my robe.
The buried giant
9
Naomi came in wearing a robe and carrying a bulb of water.
Abaddon's Gate
10
The colors matched a new robe I'd never seen her wear before.
Shadowed summer
11
He had played right into her plan, bringing the robe to her.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
12
He ran with the robe from the front seat of the automobile.
The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross / Or, Amateur The...
13
Into the buffalo-skin robe they placed the body of the dead Indian.
Myths and Legends of the Great Plains
14
Haroun replaced the vessel in the folds of his robe, and answered,-
A Strange Story — Volume 04
15
The boy picked up the arrow and hid it under his robe.
Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People
16
I'll just use the bathroom a minute and put on my robe.
A change in altitude
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espanyol
vestir
Robe through the time
Robe across language varieties
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United Kingdom
Common
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