galbe
See also: galbé
English edit
Etymology edit
From French galbe. Doublet of garb.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
galbe (plural galbes)
- The contour or outline of something.
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1123:
- Her teeth sank into his lips, he felt the sweet galbe of her flanks and arching back.
- 1921, Aldous Huxley, Chrome Yellow, Penguin Books, published 1955, page 7:
- What was the word to describe the curves of those little valleys? They were as fine as the lines of a human body, they were informed with the subtlety of art. Galbe. That was a good word; but it was French.
References edit
- “galbe”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From earlier galbe, garbe, borrowed from Italian garbo, from Italian garbare, from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐍂𐍅𐍉𐌽 (*garwōn). Alternatively from Middle High German walbe (“slope”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
galbe m (plural galbes)
Descendants edit
- → English: galbe
Further reading edit
- “galbe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Adjective edit
galbe