From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Clothesroberobe /rəʊb $ roʊb/ ●●○ noun [countable]1 (also robes)DCC a long loose piece of clothing, especially one worn for officialceremonies
a priest’s robes2DCC especially American English a long loose piece of clothing that you wear over your night clothes or after a bathSYN bathrobe, dressing gown British EnglishExamples from the Corpusrobe• Kovitsky was up on the bench, in his black robes.• The buffalorobes were good for keeping warm in carriages in northern cities.• Monks in saffron-colored robes are everywhere, seasoning the landscape.• Each vied with others in the number of his retainers, the magnificence of his robes and accoutrements.• Deathraced from room to room, his robeflapping.• Pizzi's garb-gold lame for days and more saffronrobes than at a Hare Krishna convention-seemed intrusive.• She slid her arms into her silkrobe and tied it loosely at the waist.• The robe is a richly patterned 7-by-10-foot cottoncloth whose abstractsymbolsrepresent the powers and obligations of kingship.Originrobe(1200-1300)Old French“stolen things, (stolen) clothes”
