Garb and Jacket

Garb

Garb verb - To outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes.

Usage example: firefighters garbed in protective gear

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Jacket and garb are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Jacket" instead a verb "Garb".

Nearby Words: garbage, garbed

Jacket verb - Put a jacket on.

Usage example: The men were jacketed

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Garb and jacket are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Garb" instead a verb "Jacket".

Nearby Words: jack, jacketed, jacketing

fancy	fancy garb	fancy jacket
old	old garb	old jacket
special	special garb	special jacket
distinctive	distinctive garb	distinctive jacket
Other adjectives: similar, usual, formal, regular, standard, light, simple, heavy, loose, bulky, black, white, ancient, skimpy, military, iconic.

Chigurh's rather out-of-place garb (alligator skin boots, denim jacket...) could be leftover fashion from the '70s, not to mention his haircut.

Source: Literature / No Country for Old Men
Ninth Doctor: Utilitarian garb with black shoes, black trousers, a brown/black leather jacket and a jumper (again, a pullover sweater for you Yanks out there) of varying colours.

Source: Limited Wardrobe / Live-Action TV
But she does make reference to the culture on occasion, and dresses in the traditional garb of the Omaha tribe when not on duty, complete with the open buckskin jacket with no shirt underneath.

Source: Magical Native American

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