galbe

See also: galbé

English

Etymology

From French galbe. Doublet of garb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡælb/

Noun

galbe (plural galbes)

1. The contour or outline of something.
   • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 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, published 1955, page 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.

References

• “galbe”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Gable, Gebal, bagel, gabel, gable, gleba

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡalb/

Noun

galbe m (plural galbes)

1. curve; silhouette

Descendants

• → English: galbe
• → Portuguese: galbo

Further reading

• “galbe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Adjective

galbe

1. vocative masculine singular of galbus