apparel

== English == === Etymology === From Old French apareillier. Doublet of parrel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈpæɹəl/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈpæ.ɹəl/, /əˈpɛ.ɹəl/ === Noun === apparel (countable and uncountable, plural apparels) Clothing. (figurative) Aspect, guise, form. (countable) A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments. (nautical) Furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:clothing ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === apparel (third-person singular simple present apparels, present participle (US) appareling or (UK) apparelling, simple past and past participle (US) appareled or (UK) apparelled) (transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire. 1568, Bishops' Bible, Luke vii. 25 They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts. (transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out. (transitive) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental ==== Synonyms ==== (to dress): dight, don, put on; see also Thesaurus:clothe (to furnish with apparatus): kit out (to dress with external ornaments): adorn, ornament; see also Thesaurus:decorate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====