Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chamber for storing clothes; a wardrobe.
- noun The contents of a wardrobe.
- noun A private chamber.
- noun A latrine built into the exterior wall of a castle or other medieval building.
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- noun historical A store room or
wardrobe . - noun historical A
lavatory , especially in acastle and built into the outer wall, withvent directly over themoat ormidden .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Across Europe, by the middle of the Middle Ages, a new room called a garderobe, originally a French word meaning a room to keep clothes in, could be found in all the more modern castles and homes.
Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006
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Across Europe, by the middle of the Middle Ages, a new room called a garderobe, originally a French word meaning a room to keep clothes in, could be found in all the more modern castles and homes.
Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006
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Gee, Ben, I thought "garderobe" is where you lived. these until today.
Sadly, No! 2008
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So wrecky that they'd even make Princess Buttercup lock herself in the castle garderobe and wail.
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May 28, 2010 at 12:43 pm an a garderobe uv gawdiness!
OH NO - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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"You were right underneath the castle's garderobe," they say, going on to explain how the neat little hiding place would once have been knee-deep in poo.
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Several more volumes abruptly vanished into the locked caskets in the garderobe.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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Several more volumes abruptly vanished into the locked caskets in the garderobe.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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Several more volumes abruptly vanished into the locked caskets in the garderobe.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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Several more volumes abruptly vanished into the locked caskets in the garderobe.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
chained_bear commented on the word garderobe
I love the mix of uses in this definition: In castle architecture, "Latrine, toilet, or bathroom. A room to store personal items. Wardrobe."
August 25, 2008
reesetee commented on the word garderobe
Zoiks!
August 25, 2008
Gammerstang commented on the word garderobe
(noun) - Properly, a locked-up chamber in which articles of dress, stores, etc. are kept; by extension, a privy. --Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1901
February 11, 2018
madmouth commented on the word garderobe
cf. garderoba meaning 'one's clothing' in SBC
February 11, 2018
bilby commented on the word garderobe
The Lion, The Witch and One's Clothing.
February 11, 2018