galbe
See also: galbé
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French galbe. Doublet of garb.
Pronunciation
Noun
galbe (plural galbes)
- The contour or outline of something.
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1123:
- Her teeth sank into his lips, he felt the sweet galbe of her flanks and arching back.
- 1921, Aldous Huxley, Chrome Yellow, Penguin Books 1955, p. 7:
- What was the word to describe the curves of those little valleys? They were as fine as the lines of a human body, they were informed with the subtlety of art. Galbe. That was a good word; but it was French.
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1123:
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From earlier galbe, garbe, borrowed from Italian garbo, from Italian garbare, from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐍂𐍅𐍉𐌽 (*garwōn). Alternatively from Middle High German walbe (“slope”).
Pronunciation
Noun
galbe m (plural galbes)
Further reading
- “galbe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) galbe
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