robe

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

robe [robe robes robed robing] noun, verb BrE [rəʊb] NAmE [roʊb]
noun
1. a long loose outer piece of clothing, especially one worn as a sign of rank or office at a special ceremony
•coronation robes
•cardinals in scarlet robes
2. = ↑bathrobe

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from the Germanic base (in the sense ‘booty’) of ↑rob (because clothing was an important component of booty).

Example Bank:
•a ghostly figure in flowing robes of white
•an old man swathed in robes

 
verb usually passive ~ sb/yourself (in sth) (formal)
to dress sb/yourself in long loose clothes or in the way mentioned
•a robed choir
•The priests were robed in black.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from the Germanic base (in the sense ‘booty’) of ↑rob (because clothing was an important component of booty).
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  gown, clothe, cloak, drape, vest