A dragon robe from Qing Dynasty of China

A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment. A robe is distinguished from a cape or cloak by the fact that it usually has sleeves. The English word robe is borrowed from French. There are various types of robes, including:

• A gown worn as part of the academic regalia of faculty or students, especially for ceremonial occasions, such as a convocations, congregations or graduations.

Academic robes

• A gown worn as part of the attire of a judge or barrister.

• A wide variety of long, flowing religious dress including pulpit robes and the robes worn by various types of monks.

• A gown worn as part of the official dress of a peer or royalty.

• Any of several women's fashions, as robe d'anglaise (18th century), "robe de style" (1920s).

• A gown worn in fantasy literature and role-playing games by wizards and other magical characters.

• An informal "house robe" worn chiefly in the home by women in the southeastern United States.

• An absorbent "bath robe" worn mostly after washing or swimming.

• • One such example is a bathrobe, a garment made of terrycloth or another towel like material and is typically worn at home after a bath or other activities where the wearer is nude to keep warm and/or preserve modesty in times of no immediate need to fully dress. (Also called a house coat.) See, for example, that worn by the fictional character Arthur Dent.
• (Informal usage) Any long flowing garment; for example, a cassock is sometimes called a robe, despite the fact that the cassock is close-fitting.

[edit] See also

• Academic stole
• Tricivara - Buddhist monastic robe
• Seamless robe of Jesus - Biblical relic
• The Robe - film
• Abaya
• Senegalese kaftan
• Clothing