garderobe
See also: Garderobe and garde-robe
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editgarderobe (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
editlavatory, especially in a castle and built into the outer wall, with vent directly over the moat or midden.
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See also
editReferences
edit- “garderobe”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom French garde-robe.
Noun
editgarderobe 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
editReferences
edit- “garderobe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom French garde-robe.
Noun
editgarderobe 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
editReferences
edit- “garderobe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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