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garde-robe

garde-robe is the alternative form of garderobe.

Meaning of garderobe

Noun

garderobe (plural garderobes)

  1. (historical) A storeroom or wardrobe.
  2. (historical) A lavatory, especially in a castle and built into the outer wall, with vent directly over the moat or midden.
    • He splashed some tepid water on his face from the basin beside his bed and took his time squatting in the garderobe, the night air cold on his bare skin.1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 444

Forms of garde-robe

pluralgarde-robes

Questions about garde-robe

What is garde-robe the alternative form of?
Garde-robe is the alternative form of garderobe.

Words near garde-robe in the dictionary

  1. garde rein
  2. garde reins
  3. garde-collet
  4. garde-collets
  5. garde-faude
  6. garde-robe
  7. garde-robes
  8. Gardea
  9. Gardeas
  10. gardebrace
  11. gardebraces

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Adapted from Wiktionary: garde-robe (page history and authors); garderobe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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