garderobe
See also: Garderobe and garde-robe
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French garde-robe (from garder (“to keep safe”) + robe (“dress”)). Doublet of wardrobe.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːdɹəʊb/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑɹdɹoʊb/
- Hyphenation: gar‧de‧robe
Noun edit
garderobe (plural garderobes)
- (historical) A storeroom or wardrobe.
- (historical) A lavatory, especially in a castle and built into the outer wall, with vent directly over the moat or midden.
- 1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 444:
- 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.
- 2000, Alan Brooks-Tyreman, Jane Shuter, Kate Smith, Britain, 1066-1500, Heinemann Educational, page 30:
- In the early medieval period (1066-1300), the solution in huge stone castles was garderobes: small rooms that jutted out over the walls with a hole covered by a seat. Castle builders tried to site garderobes over a stream or a moat, but this was not always possible.
- 2001, Paul B. Newman, Daily Life in the Middle Ages, McFarland & Company, page 144:
- Even with the seat, most garderobes in castles did not encourage long stays. […] Despite the unappealing and unsanitary nature of garderobe shafts, besieging forces on more than one occasion successfully entered castles by having men climb up the shafts.
Translations edit
lavatory, especially in a castle and built into the outer wall, with vent directly over the moat or midden.
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See also edit
References edit
- “garderobe”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From French garde-robe.
Noun edit
garderobe m (definite singular garderoben, indefinite plural garderober, definite plural garderobene)
- a cloakroom
- a dressing room, changing room, or locker room
- a wardrobe (the clothes a person owns)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “garderobe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From French garde-robe.
Noun edit
garderobe m (definite singular garderoben, indefinite plural garderobar, definite plural garderobane)
- a cloakroom
- a dressing room, changing room, or locker room
- a wardrobe (the clothes a person owns)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “garderobe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.