Defn: To strip of the bowels; to clean. "Pilchards . . . are garbaged." Holland.
GARBED
Garbed, a.
Defn: Dressed; habited; clad.
GARBEL
Gar"bel, n. (Naut.)
Defn: Same as Garboard.
GARBEL
Gar"bel, n. Etym: [Cf. Garble, v. t.]
Defn: Anything sifted, or from which the coarse parts have been taken. [Obs.]
GARBLE Gar"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Garbling.] Etym: [Formerly, to pick out, sort, OF. grabeler, for garbeler to examine precisely, garble spices, fr. LL. garbellare to sift; cf. Sp. garbillar to sift, garbillo a coarse sieve, L. cribellum, dim. of cribrum sieve, akin to cernere to separate, sift (cf. E. Discern); or perh. rather from Ar. gharbal, gharbil, sieve.]
1. To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices. [Obs.]
2. To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.