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/əpˈærəl/ /əpˈɛrəl/ Listen

noun

Apparel n.

1.

External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array. "Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young." "At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity."

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.

Synonyms: Dress; clothing; vesture; garments; raiment; garb; costume; attire; habiliments.

verb

Apparel v. t. (past & past part. appareled, or apparelled; pres. part. appareling, or apparelling)

1.

To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. (Obs.)

2.

To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out. "Ships... appareled to fight."

3.

To dress or clothe; to attire. "They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts."

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."

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Etymology of 'Apparel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Apparel" Quotes from Famous Books

... his bride's last work. Are you not to give the fellow-border to one sister-in-law, and therefore has she not a just claim to it?—I never heard in the annals of weddings (since the days of Nausicaa, and she only washed her old gowns for that purpose) that the brides ever furnished the apparel of their maids. Besides, I can be completely clad in your work without it, for the spotted muslin will serve both for cap and hat (Nota bene, my hat is the same as yours) and the gown you sprigged for me has never been made up, therefore ...

— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Vol. 5 • Edited by E. V. Lucas

... a blue hat with a red bow and a profusion of small objects—red cherries and purple grapes—bobbing on wires above it. The general effect, quoting Mr. Bloomer again, was "as if somebody had set off a firecracker in a fruit-peddler's cart." The remainder of her apparel ...

— Galusha the Magnificent • Joseph C. Lincoln

... sung and the chaunted invocations had nothing in them but the memories of Rome; but the instruments and dancers were tolerated by that one guest who should most have complained, and whose expression and apparel and gorgeous ornament and a certain security of station in his manner proved him the head of the Christian priests from Helena. When the music had ceased and the night deepened, they talked all together as though the ...

— Hilaire Belloc - The Man and His Work • C. Creighton Mandell

... of Tanchelyn and the superstition of his followers seem alike incredible. All Antwerp was his harem. He levied, likewise, vast sums upon his converts, and whenever he appeared in public, his apparel and pomp were befitting an emperor. Three thousand armed satellites escorted his steps and put to death all who resisted his commands. So groveling became the superstition of his followers that they drank of the water in which, he had washed, and treasured it as a divine ...

— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... Helen realized how beautiful Katy was when in full evening dress, and her exclamations of delight brought a soft flush to Katy's cheek, while she felt a thrill of the olden vanity as she saw herself once more arrayed in all her costly apparel. Helen did not wonder now at Wilford's desire to have Katy with him, and very proudly she watched her young sister as Esther twined the flowers in her hair and then brought out the ermine cloak she was to wear as a protection ...

— Family Pride - Or, Purified by Suffering • Mary J. Holmes

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