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Types

There are various types of robes, including:

• A gown worn as part of the academic regalia of faculty or students, especially for ceremonial occasions, such as a convocations, congregations or graduations.⁴
• A gown worn as part of the attire of a judge or barrister.
• A wide variety of long, flowing religious dress including pulpit robes and the robes worn by various types of monks.
• A gown worn as part of the official dress of a peer or royalty.⁵
• Any of several women's fashions of French origin, as robe à l'anglaise (18th century), robe de style (1920s).⁶
• A gown worn in fantasy literature and role-playing games by wizards and other magical characters.
• A bathrobe worn mostly after bathing or swimming.⁷⁸
• A gown used to cover a state of underdress, often after rising in the morning, is called a dressing gown. They are similar to a bathrobe but without the absorbent material.
• (Informal usage) Any long flowing garment; for example, a cassock is sometimes called a robe, although a cassock is close-fitting.
• A cured animal hide with fur or hair still attached, often from a buffalo, either worn or used in the home for warmth.⁹

See also

• Abaya - women's garment from Middle East/North Africa
• Angarkha
• Academic stole
• Buffalo robe - buffalo hide used by Native Americans
• Clothing
• Kaftan
• Kimono - traditional Japanese garment
• Mantle (royal garment)
• Seamless robe of Jesus - Biblical relic
• Senegalese kaftan
• Thawb - ankle-length garment often worn in many places in the Middle East and Africa
• Tricivara - Buddhist monastic robe
• Wrap dress

External links

• The dictionary definition of robe at Wiktionary

References

1. "Robe". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 22 January 2017. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/166595 ↩

2. Picken, Mary Brooks (1957). The Fashion Dictionary. Funk and Wagnalls. p. 265. ↩

3. "Robe". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 22 January 2017. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/166595 ↩

4. "Robe". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 22 January 2017. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/166595 ↩

5. "Robe". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 22 January 2017. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/166595 ↩

6. Picken, Mary Brooks (1957). The Fashion Dictionary. Funk and Wagnalls. p. 265. ↩

7. "Robe". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 22 January 2017. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/166595 ↩

8. Picken, Mary Brooks (1957). The Fashion Dictionary. Funk and Wagnalls. p. 265. ↩

9. Rodgers, John E. (2021-10-06). "Before We Were Here – The Buffalo Robes". The Quapaw Post. Retrieved 2022-06-19. https://www.thequapawpost.com/post/before-we-were-here-the-buffalo-robes ↩