Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Robe \Robe\, n. [F., fr. LL. rauba a gown, dress, garment;
   originally, booty, plunder. See {Rob}, v. t., and cf.
   {Rubbish}.]
   1. An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant
      style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or
      the like.

            Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
            Robes and furred gowns hide all.      --Shak.

   2. A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison,
      dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. [U.S.]

   {Master of the robes}, an officer of the English royal
      household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is
      supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes.

   {Mistress of the robes}, a lady who enjoys the highest rank
      of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign
      (when a queen), and is supposed to have the care her
      robes.

Robe \Robe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Robed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Robing}.]
   To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as,
   fields robed with green.

         The sage Chaldeans robed in white appeared. --Pope.

         Such was his power over the expression of his
         countenance, that he could in an instant shake off the
         sternness of winter, and robe it in the brightest
         smiles of spring.                        --Wirt.

Source : WordNet®

robe
     n 1: any loose flowing garment
     2: outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for
        official or ceremonial occasions [syn: {gown}]

robe
     v : clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes [syn: {vest}]