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The garment that says you've surrendered to comfort and possibly to crime
means A long, loose flowing garment worn over the body, used for comfort, ceremony, or to mark office.
from From Old French 'robe,' which oddly meant 'booty' or 'plunder' before it meant clothing — itself from a Germanic root tied to 'rob' and stealing (a cousin of English 'rob' and German 'rauben'). The link makes grim sense: in early medieval Europe, the clothes off a defeated enemy's back were among the spoils of war, so 'robe' traveled from 'stuff seized' to 'fine garments seized' to simply 'a garment.' The thief and the bathrobe share a bloodline.
- royal weight
- Coronation robes can weigh over 30 pounds
- judicial black
- English judges wore black mourning a dead queen, never stopped
- academic colors
- Hood linings encode your exact degree and school
- boxer ritual
- Robes hype crowds before the fighter sheds them
- spa economy
- Hotels lose millions to robe-stealing guests yearly
for instance
judogi robe — standardized martial arts robe used in judo competitions worldwide since its formalization in 1882