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apparelling, -eling, vbl. n.|əˈpærəlɪŋ|
[f. apparel v. + -ing1.]
1. The process of making ready or preparing, preparation (obs.); attiring, dressing, or adorning.
c1315Shoreham 53 An apparyllynge, Thet hys in holy cherche y-cleped wel The furste scherynge Of clerke. c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋376 The longe appareiling biforn the bataille maketh short victorie. 1540J. Heywood Four P's in Hazl. Dodsley I. 350 What causeth this: That women after their arising, Be so long in their apparelling? a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Wks. 161 The apparelling of truth.
2. concr. Dress, attire; rigging, equipment.
1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 27 The sadde blew coloured flower, as is Calcedonie, hath bene taken of some for black, onely for their most like kinde of apparailing. 1795Edinb. Advt. 6 Jan 15/3 For sale: The Brigantine..with her float boats and appareling. 1858De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. Wks. II. 53 Transformation; or, if we prefer a Grecian to a Roman apparelling..metamorphosis. |