WARDROBE

Wardrobe

A wardrobe, also known as an armoire from the French, is a standing closet used for storing clothes. The earliest wardrobe was a chest, and it was not until some degree of luxury was attained in regal palaces and the castles of powerful nobles that separate accommodation was provided for the apparel of the great. The name of wardrobe was then given to a room in which the wall-space was filled with cupboards and lockers, the drawer being a comparatively modern invention. From these cupboards and lockers the modern wardrobe, with its hanging spaces, sliding shelves and drawers, evolved slowly.

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wardrobe

Noun

  1. A cabinet in which clothes may be stored.
  2. The department (or people working in that department) that obtains and stores articles of clothing for use in theatrical or motion picture productions.
  3. A collection of clothing.
  4. The clothing one owns or needs, often for a specific purpose such as work.

Verb

  1. To provide (a film, a customer, etc.) with clothing.


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