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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Apparel \Ap*par"el\, noun [OE. apparel, apareil, OF. apareil, appareil, preparation, provision, furniture, OF. apareiller to match, prepare, F. appareiller; OF. a (L. ad) + pareil like, similar, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See {Pair}.]
1. External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.
Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young. --Denham.
At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity. --Tatler.
2. A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
3. (Naut.) The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
Syn: Dress; clothing; vesture; garments; raiment; garb; costume; attire; habiliments.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Apparel \Ap*par"el\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Appareled}, or {Apparelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appareling}, or {Apparelling}.] [OF. apareiller.]
1. To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
Ships . . . appareled to fight. --Hayward.
3. To dress or clothe; to attire.
They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. --Luke vii. 25.
4. To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.
Appareled in celestial light. --Wordsworth.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
apparel
noun: clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress" [syn: {wearing apparel}, {dress}, {clothes}]
verb: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [syn: {dress}, {clothe}, {enclothe}, {garb}, {raiment}, {tog}, {garment}, {habilitate}, {fit out}] [ant: {undress}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "apparel": appoint, array, attire, bedizenment, clad, clothes, clothing, costume, drapery, dress, dressing, duds, enclothe, fashion, fatigues, feathers, fig, garb, garment, garments, gear, guise, habiliment, habiliments, habit, investiture, investment, linen, rags, raiment, robes, sportswear, style, things, threads, togs, toilette, trim, vestment, vesture, wear, wearing apparel
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Apparel In Old Testament times the distinction between male and female attire was not very marked. The statute forbidding men to wear female apparel (Deut. 22:5) referred especially to ornaments and head-dresses. Both men and women wore (1) an under garment or tunic, which was bound by a girdle. One who had only this tunic on was spoken of as "naked" (1 Sam. 19:24; Job 24:10; Isa. 20:2). Those in high stations sometimes wore two tunics, the outer being called the "upper garment" (1 Sam. 15:27; 18:4; 24:5; Job 1:20). (2.) They wore in common an over-garment ("mantle," Isa. 3:22; 1 Kings 19:13; 2 Kings 2:13), a loose and flowing robe. The folds of this upper garment could be formed into a lap (Ruth 3:15; Ps. 79:12; Prov. 17:23; Luke 6:38). Generals of armies usually wore scarlet robes (Judg. 8:26; Nah. 2:3). A form of conspicuous raiment is mentioned in Luke 20:46; comp. Matt. 23:5. Priests alone wore trousers. Both men and women wore turbans. Kings and nobles usually had a store of costly garments for festive occasions (Isa. 3:22; Zech. 3:4) and for presents (Gen. 45:22; Esther 4:4; 6:8, 11; 1 Sam. 18:4; 2 Kings 5:5; 10:22). Prophets and ascetics wore coarse garments (Isa. 20:2; Zech. 13:4; Matt. 3:4).
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