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wearable, a. and n.|ˈwɛərəb(ə)l|
[f. wear v.1 + -able.]
A. adj. Capable of being worn; fit or suitable to be worn.
1590Sir J. Smythe Disc. Weapons 14 He..did encrease his numbers of Mosquettiers, the blowes of the bullets of which, no armours wearable can resist. 1650Howell Giraffi's Rev. Naples i. 15 Oil, Cheese, Silk, and all other either edible, or wearable commodities. 1801Lady S. Lennox Lett. (1901) II. 151, I assure you a poplin is not weareable in these days. 1842R. Oastler Fleet Papers II. 26 It..will not weave into wearable cloths. 1853G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 105 By the time I had made and smoked a cigarette, the powerful sun of January had dried the sock to a wearable state. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. ix. 180 The only shop in London at which wearable gloves could be bought. 1896J. L. Allen Summer in Arcady iii. 11 The thousand..things, eatable, wearable, or otherwise usable that may be sent to and fro between friendly households.
B. n. A wearable commodity, an article of clothing. Chiefly in pl.
1711Lond. Gaz. No. 4817/7 Gloves, Buttons, Wearables. c1720Lett. fr. Mist's Jrnl. (1722) I. 215, I had..provided her handsome Lodgings..and, for her Wearables, rich Sattins, Gold Watch, and a hundred other Trinkets. 1726Berkeley Let. Wks. 1871 IV. 137 Whether a minor be not chargeable for eatables and wearables supplied on the credit of another. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xli, He..moved off with Mrs. Dutton's wearables and deposited the trunk containing them safely in the boat. 1849C. Brontë Shirley xxiv, Let a woman ask me to give her an edible or a wearable..I can, at least, understand the demand. 1859Lever Dav. Dunn xlvi, Drawers were crammed with his wearables. |