# Robe

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{{Short description|Loose-fitting outer garment}}
{{Other uses}}
[[File:LongPao.JPG|thumb|right|200px|A dragon-themed robe originating from the [Qing dynasty](/source/Qing_dynasty)]]
thumb|right|200px|Academic robes
[[File:Angarkha.jpg|thumb|An Indian [Angarkha](/source/Angarkha)]]
A '''robe''' is a  loose-fitting outer [garment](/source/clothing).<ref name="OED">{{cite web|title=Robe|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/166595|website=Oxford English Dictionary|access-date=22 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Picken">{{cite book| last = Picken |first = Mary Brooks| title = The Fashion Dictionary | publisher = Funk and Wagnalls |year = 1957| page = 265}}</ref>  Unlike garments described as [cape](/source/cape)s or [cloak](/source/cloak)s, robes usually have [sleeve](/source/sleeve)s. The [English](/source/English_language) word ''robe'' derives from [Middle English](/source/Middle_English) ''robe'' ("garment"), [borrowed](/source/loanword) from [Old French](/source/Old_French) ''robe'' ("booty, spoils"), itself taken from the [Frankish](/source/Old_Frankish) word *''rouba'' ("spoils, things stolen, clothes"), and is related to the word ''rob''.<ref name="OED" />

==Types==
There are various types of robes, including:

* A gown worn as part of the [academic regalia](/source/academic_regalia) of [faculty](/source/Faculty_(teaching_staff)) or [students](/source/students), especially for ceremonial occasions, such as a [convocation](/source/convocation)s, [congregations](/source/Wiktionary%3Acongregation) or [graduation](/source/graduation)s.<ref name="OED" /> 
* A gown worn as part of the attire of a [judge](/source/judge) or [barrister](/source/barrister).
* A wide variety of long, flowing [religious dress](/source/religious_dress) including [pulpit robe](/source/pulpit_robe)s and the robes worn by various types of [monk](/source/monk)s.
* A gown worn as part of the official dress of a [peer](/source/peerage) or [royalty](/source/Royal_Family).<ref name="OED" /> 
* Any of several women's fashions of French origin, as ''[robe à l'anglaise](/source/close-bodied_gown)'' (18th century), ''[robe de style](/source/robe_de_style)'' (1920s).<ref name="Picken" />
* A gown worn in [fantasy literature](/source/fantasy_literature) and [role-playing games](/source/role-playing_games) by [wizards](/source/Wizard_(fantasy)) and other [magical](/source/magic_(paranormal)) characters.
* A [bathrobe](/source/bathrobe) worn mostly after bathing or swimming.<ref name="OED" /><ref name= "Picken" />
* A gown used to cover a state of underdress, often after rising in the morning, is called a [dressing gown](/source/dressing_gown). These gowns are similar to a bathrobe but without the absorbent material and are often ankle-length.
* (Informal usage) Any long flowing garment; for example, a [cassock](/source/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](/source/Buffalo_robe), either worn or used in the home for warmth.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodgers |first=John E. |date=2021-10-06 |title=Before We Were Here – The Buffalo Robes |url=https://www.thequapawpost.com/post/before-we-were-here-the-buffalo-robes |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=The Quapaw Post |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:White Swan in a Buffalo Robe (387c80a81fa74a7e9854f3f5f4ca5675) (cropped).tif|alt=A native Crow man with braided hair wearing a think buffalo hide with fur attached over his right shoulder|thumb|[White Swan](/source/White_Swan) wearing a [buffalo robe](/source/buffalo_robe)]]

==See also==
* [Abaya](/source/Abaya) - women's garment from Middle East/North Africa 
* [Angarkha](/source/Angarkha)
* [Academic stole](/source/Academic_stole)
* [Buffalo robe](/source/Buffalo_robe) - buffalo hide used by Native Americans
* [Chuba](/source/Chuba) - the common dress of Tibetans
* [Clothing](/source/Clothing)
* [Kaftan](/source/Kaftan)
* [Kimono](/source/Kimono) - traditional Japanese garment 
* [Mantle (royal garment)](/source/Mantle_(royal_garment))
* [Seamless robe of Jesus](/source/Seamless_robe_of_Jesus) - Biblical relic
* [Senegalese kaftan](/source/Senegalese_kaftan)
* [Thawb](/source/Thawb) - ankle-length garment often worn in many places in the Middle East and Africa 
* [Tricivara](/source/Tricivara) - Buddhist monastic robe
* [Wrap dress](/source/Wrap_dress)

==References==
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==External links==
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{{wikisource|1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Robes|Robes}}

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Category:Academic dress
Category:Judicial clothing
Category:Nightwear
Category:Costume design
Category:Religious clothing
Category:Robes and cloaks

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