GARB

Garb (?), n. [[OF. garbe looks, countenance, grace, ornament, fr. OHG. garawī, garwī, ornament, dress. akin to E. gear. See Gear, n.]] 1. 1. (a) Clothing in general. (b) The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; as, the garb of a clergyman or a judge. (c) Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century.
2. 2. External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech.
You thought, because he could not speak English in the native garb, he could not therefore handle an English cudgel. Shak.