Apparel
Apparel ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old English apparel, apareil, Old French apareil, appareil, preparation, provision, furniture, Old French apareiller to match, prepare, French appareiller; Old French a (Latin ad) + pareil like, similar, from Late Latin pariculus, dim. of Latin par equal. See Pair.]
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.
(Nautical) The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
Apparel ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Old French apareiller.]
1.
To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
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.