apparel
11apparel — n. wearing apparel * * * [ə pærəl] wearing apparel …
12apparel — [[t]əpæ̱rəl[/t]] N UNCOUNT Apparel means clothes, especially formal clothes worn on an important occasion. [mainly AM, FORMAL] Women s apparel is offered in petite, regular, and tall models. Syn: clothing …
13apparel — 1 noun (U) 1 formal clothes, especially clothes worn on a special occasion: the Queen s ceremonial apparel 2 ladies /men s/children s apparel especially AmE a word for clothes, often used in shops 2 verb (transitive + in) old use to dress someone …
14apparel — I. transitive verb ( eled or elled; eling or elling) Etymology: Middle English appareillen, from Anglo French apparailler to prepare, from Vulgar Latin *appariculare, from Latin apparare Date: 14th century 1. to put clothes on ; dress …
15apparel — /euh par euhl/, n., v., appareled, appareling or (esp. Brit.) apparelled, apparelling. n. 1. clothing, esp. outerwear; garments; attire; raiment. 2. anything that decorates or covers. 3. superficial appearance; aspect; guise. 4. Naut. the masts,… …
16Apparel — 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… …
17apparel — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
18apparel — ap|par|el [ ə perəl ] noun uncount 1. ) AMERICAN a word for clothes, used especially in stores or other businesses: Men s apparel is on the second floor. 2. ) LITERARY the clothes someone is wearing, especially unusual or formal clothes …
19apparel — [13] Apparel has the same source as apparatus, and originally it had the same meaning, too: until as late as the start of the 18th century, it was used for ‘equipment needed for performing a particular function’. But the sense ‘clothing’ is of… …
20apparel — noun, formal the senator is noted for her snazzy apparel Syn: clothes, clothing, garments, dress, attire, wear, garb, getup; informal gear, togs, duds, threads; archaic raiment, habit, habiliments …
