Definition of "garderobe" [garderobe]

• A chamber for storing clothes; a wardrobe. (noun)
• The contents of a wardrobe. (noun)
• Archaic A private chamber. (noun)

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• "Across Europe, by the middle of the Middle Ages, a new room called a garderobe, originally a French word meaning a room to keep clothes in, could be found in all the more modern castles and homes."
• "Gee, Ben, I thought "garderobe" is where you lived. these until today."
• ""You were right underneath the castle's garderobe," they say, going on to explain how the neat little hiding place would once have been knee-deep in poo."