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Meanings of robe in English

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

        Related terms
        Portuguese
        vestido
        Catalan
        toga

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

              vestido
              Portuguese
              vestido
              Catalan
              vestir
              Spanish
              vestir

              Clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes.

                    vestido

                    Cover as if with clothing.

                          Usage of robe in English
                          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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                          Translations for robe
                          Spanish
                          vestir
                          Robe through the time
                          Robe across language varieties
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          Australia
                          Less common
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