facing vs garb

facing

noun
  • Fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside. 

  • A powdered substance, such as charcoal or bituminous coal, applied to the face of a mould, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting. 

  • The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about. 

  • The most external portion of exterior siding. 

  • The collar and cuffs of a military coat, commonly of a different colour from the rest of the coat. 

adj
  • Diverging in the direction of travel. 

  • Positioned so as to face (in a particular direction) 

garb

noun
  • A type of dress or clothing. 

  • A guise, external appearance. 

  • Fashion, style of dressing oneself up. 

  • A measure of arrows in the Middle Ages. 

  • A wheat sheaf. 

verb
  • To dress in garb. 

How often have the words facing and garb occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )