apparel en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /əˈpɛ.ɹəl/ (US)
- /əˈpæɹəl/
- /əˈpæ.ɹəl/ (US)
Etymology
From Old French apareillier. Doublet of parrel.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Clothing.
fresh in his new apparel, proud and young
1636 (date written), John Denham, “The Destruction of Troy, an Essay upon the Second Book of Virgils Æneis”, in Poems and Translations, with The Sophy, London: […] [John Macock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1668, →OCLC:
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Aspect, guise, form.
At public devotions, her winning modesty, her resigned carriage, made virtue and religion appear with new ornaments, and in the natural apparel of simplicity and beauty.
1709 August 23 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Friday, August 13, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 54; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:
- (countable) A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
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(countable, uncountable) Furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
And if there is need of any thing, such as ship's apparel or other necessaries, and the merchants desire to purchase them, they may do so, and when the voyage is concluded, the merchants may claim for themselves the things which they have bought for the ship or vessel
1871, Travis Twiss, Black Book of the Admiralty:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| apparels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
wearing apparel · intimate apparel
Translations (49)
pt vestimenta (clothing) · pl ubranie (clothing) · mi weweru (clothing) · ar أَلْبِسَة (clothing) · fi vaate (clothing) · gv eaddeeyn (clothing) · bg дре́хи (clothing) · ru оде́жда (clothing) · af drag (clothing) · fi asu (clothing) · bg оде́жда (clothing) · mi ko(w)heka (clothing) · crh urba (clothing) · bg облекло́ (clothing) · es atavío (clothing) · scn robbi (clothing) · fi vaatetus (clothing) · af kleding (clothing) · mi weruweru (clothing) · af gewaad (clothing) · it abbigliamento (clothing) · chr ᏧᎾᏄᏬ (clothing) · rsk шмати (clothing) · ko 의류 (clothing) · cmn 服饰 (clothing) · ko 의복 (clothing) · he ביגוד (clothing) · no antrekk (clothing) · fi puku (clothing) · cy gwisgiadau (clothing) · hi परिधान (clothing) · ar مَلَابِس (clothing) · cy gwisgiad (clothing) · pl odzież (clothing) · nl kleding (clothing) · sh одећа (clothing) · no påkledning (clothing) · chr ᏗᎿᏬ (clothing) · ko 복장 (clothing) · mi kōwhekawheka (clothing) · fr vêtements (clothing) · pl strój (clothing) · eo vestado (clothing) · la vestītus (clothing) · mk руво (clothing) · es ropa (clothing) · mk облека (clothing) · mi pakikau (clothing) · fi vaatteet (clothing)