ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Overrobe

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Overrobe is a noun meaning A robe designed to be worn over other clothing, particularly another robe.

Meaning

A robe designed to be worn over other clothing, particularly another robe.

Example Sentences

The late-afternoon sun lit the expensive, brocaded silk of her overrobe and the almost equally expensive, fine-woven linen underrobe beneath it.
He wore a magnificent overrobe of iridescent green silk, embroidered with orange feathers and gold starbursts along the hem and sleeves and neckline.
He wore a red overrobe, a gold underrobe, and somewhere, hidden beneath all the fabric, an antigrav belt which served to keep his body suspended one full unit off the deck.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include underrobe, overdress, overgarment, overgown, overcloth, wrapper.

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