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apparelment rare.|əˈpærəlmənt|
[a. OFr. apareillement, n. of process f. apareiller to prepare: see apparel v. and -ment.]
†1. The action of making ready, preparation. (Misunderstood by Cowel, Blount, etc.) Obs.
[1378Act 2 Rich. II, i. vi, Et les tiegnent longement a tiel force y feisantz mou des maners dappa[r]illementz de guerre. transl. And hold the same long with such Force, doing many Manner Apparelments of War. ]1607J. Cowell Interpr. (1672) Apparlement, cometh of the French Pareilment, that is, Similiter..It signifies a resemblance or likelihood, as Apparlement of War, 2 R. 2 Stat. i. cap. 6.
2. concr. Equipment, outfit, array, garb, apparel.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. A. 1051 With alle þe apparaylmente vmbe pyȝte. c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. v. 49 Apparailled wiþ straunge apparaillementz. c1440Morte Arth. (Roxb.) 65 A full riche aparaylmente Off samytte grene. 1866Conington æneid x. 332 Mincius, whom Benacus breeds, In grey apparailment of reeds [Velatus arundine glauca]. |