garderobe

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See also: Garderobe and garde-robe

English

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Etymology

From Middle English garderobe, from Middle French garderobe (from garder (“to keep safe”) +‎ robe (“dress”)).[1] Doublet of wardrobe.

Pronunciation

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.
    • 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.

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References

  1. ^ “garderobe, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From French garde-robe.

Noun

garderobe m (definite singular garderoben, indefinite plural garderober, definite plural garderobene)

  1. a cloakroom
  2. a dressing room, changing room, or locker room
  3. a wardrobe (the clothes a person owns)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French garde-robe.

Noun

garderobe m (definite singular garderoben, indefinite plural garderobar, definite plural garderobane)

  1. a cloakroom
  2. a dressing room, changing room, or locker room
  3. a wardrobe (the clothes a person owns)

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