appareln.

Brit.

/əˈparəl/,

/əˈparl̩/, U.S.

/əˈpɛrəl/

Forms: Middle English aparail, Middle English ap- or app-araill(e, -ayll(e, Middle English–1500s -ail(e, -ayl(e, -ale, -ell, Middle English apareylle, aparelle, appayraille, Middle English apparall, 1500s apperell, Middle English– apparel. apheticMiddle English pareylle, 1500s parel, 1600s parrell.

Etymology: < Old French aparail, apareil (modern French appareil ), < verb apareiller : see apparel v.

†1. abstract. The work of fitly preparing for anything, preparation, array. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun]

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address1633

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prep1920

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 40 Soone was dihte, Al that wedlok askethe..Al was redy to plesaunt apparailes.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 246/4 That yere was halowed..with right grete appareylle of games.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 12 The grete apparaylle of thys feste.

†2. concrete. Things provided for any purpose, and employed in its performance; material, requisites, apparatus. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > that with which anything is equipped > equipment or accoutrements

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clobber1890

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking

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ornation1483

muniments1485

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1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 121 Þe Londreis herd it telle, & ȝared þam fulle welle, With gode aparaile of alle þat þei mot gete.

c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) vii. ix 174 Rosted her chyld whan vitayle dyd fayle; She had of store, none other apparayle.

1477 W. Caxton in Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (1877) lf. 74 Socrates sayde That women ben thapparaylles to cacche men.

1623 G. Markham Countrey Contentments (new ed.) i. ii. 146 Giue it [sc. the wine] a pareil..the aparell is thus; Take the Yelkes of ten Egges, [etc.].

1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. v. 63 The Apparel of the Mass..the Habits, the Vessels, and other Ornaments..made use of in the Celebration of it.

†3. The furniture and appendages of a house, fortress, gun, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun]

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furniture1573

upholstery1649

plenishment1664

fittinga1817

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [noun] > appendages of weapon

apparelc1420

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun]

apparelc1420

sidearm1778

c1420 Chron. Vilod. 448 Þis chapelle..w^t alle þe pareylle þ^t longede þerto.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 293 Schot and othir apparale [1489 Adv. apparaill].

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 118 Apparall [1489 Adv. aparaile] of chalmyr and hall.

1503 Act 19 Hen. VII iv. §3 To forfett the same Crosebowe with all the apparell therto belongyng.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings vii. 48 All the apperell [ Wyclif & 1611 vessels] that belonged vnto the house of the Lorde.

4. The outfit or rigging of a ship. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > [noun]

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apparel1330

farec1330

habiliments1483

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apparelling1795

1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 154 Fiue oþer galeis with alle þer apparaile.

1575–6 Act 18 Eliz. ix. §2 The said Shippes or Vessells with all theyr Apparell and Furnyture.

1709 London Gaz. mmmmdlxxix/4 The Ship Margaret..her Tackle, Apparel and Furniture.

1819 W. Wordsworth Waggoner ii. 161 Back to her place the ship he led; Wheeled her back in full apparel.

1882 Charter-party What she [the vessel] can reasonably stow..over and above her Tackle, Apparel, Provisions, and Furniture.

5. Personal outfit or attire.

Categories »

†a. Military.

b. Ordinary; clothing generally, raiment, dress. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun]

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weedOE

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1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 54 Fourscore armed Knyghtes, in suilk apparaille dight, Þat so riche armes was neuer sene with sight.

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ix. 111 Was no pride on his apparail ne pouert noþer.

c1400 Rom. Rose 575 Semyde by hir apparayle She was not wont to gret travayle.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) 609 One of her apareyles to put on hir.

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) iv. sig. Eiii A shining parel..of Tirian purple.

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 72 Costly thy apparrell..For the apparell oft proclaimes the man.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 302. ⁋12 Neglect of Apparel, even among the most intimate Friends, does insensibly lessen their Regards to each other.

1833 C. Lamb Wedding in Last Ess. Elia 201 I am ill at describing female apparel.

1883 Newsp. Advt. Piece Goods, Apparel, etc. for Sale by Auction.

c. figurative. ‘Attire.’ archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [noun] > the outside or exterior > external aspect as opposed to internal > of something immaterial

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1610 E. Bolton in C. M. Ingleby & L. T. Smith Shakespeare's Cent. Prayse (1879) 91 Style (the apparell of matter).

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 2 Nature forthwith changes her apparrel.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 74. ¶2 The rude Stile and evil Apparel of this antiquated Song.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. ix. 97/1 The Thirty-nine Articles themselves are articles of wearing apparel (for the Religious Idea)?

1881 Bible (R.V.) 1 Pet. iii. 4 The incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit.

†d. as hunting term (see quot.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun] > body or parts of > flanks and parts

flankard1567

apparel1575

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xlii. 128 At his sides..a thinne kinde of redde fleshe which hunters call the apparel of an hart.

†6. Appearance, aspect. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun]

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ylikeOE

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the cut of one's jib1823

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personal appearance1842

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outwall1933

visuality1938

prosopon1947

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 278 As in apparaille and in porte proud amonges þe peple.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. iv. 130 How moche the ferther she [the mone] is fro the sonne so moche the more we see of her apparayl.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Phil. ii. 8 Was found in his aparell [ Wyclif abite, 1611 fashion] as a man.

†7.

a. Ornament, decoration, embellishment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration

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broidery1782

dizenment1864

necking1946

fanciness1961

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3224 Þat was perles a-parrayl.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 601 Þe apparayl of þe payttrure..acorded wyth þe arsouneȝ.

c1400 Rowland & Otuel 413 Ane helme of riche entayle, Of precyouse stanes the appayrayle.

b. esp. Ornamental embroidery on certain ecclesiastical vestments. revived.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [noun] > embroidery on

apparel1485

1485 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Mary at Hill, London in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 112 To Thomas Pate browderer—for his workmanship upon it and the appareyle belonging thereto—10d.

1844 A. W. Pugin Gloss. Eccl. Ornament 5 The Albe..should be made..with apparells..worked in silk and gold, embroidered with ornaments.

1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. v. 438 Apparels were..stitched on to the upper part of the amice, like a collar to it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

apparelv.

Brit.

/əˈparəl/,

/əˈparl̩/, U.S.

/əˈpɛrəl/

Forms: Middle English aparaile, Middle English–1500s aparayle, Middle English ap- or app-areil(e, appareyl(le, apparaill(e, apparyl, appairelle, Middle English–1500s aparal(l, apparayl(e, apparayll(e, Middle English–1600s apparail(e, apparal(l, apparell, 1500s aperayle, appareyll, appayrayl, 1500s–1600s apparal, apparrell, aparel(l, Middle English– apparel. apheticMiddle English parail, parayl. In inflexions -l is at present usually doubled before a vowel in G. Brit., left single in U.S.

Etymology: < Old French apareille-r, aparaille-r (modern French appareiller ), cognate with Provençal aparelhar , Portuguese apparelhar , Spanish aparejar , Italian apparecchiare < Romanic *adpariculāre to make equal or fit, < ad to + *paricul-um (Italian parecchio , Spanish parejo , Provençal parelh , French pareil ), diminutive of Latin par equal. The 15th cent. spellings were almost endless, the typical being apaˈrail , passing with retracted accent to aˈparel . For app- , see ap- prefix¹.

archaic.

Usually transitive or reflexive.

†1.

a. transitive. To make ready, or prepare (for a purpose); to fit out, get ready, put into proper order.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > prepare for a purpose

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apparelc1250

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c1250 Kent. Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. 26 Hi hedden aparailed here offrendes.

c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋375 Ye oughte purveyen yow and apparaile [v.r. -aillen, -ayle, -el] yow in this caas with greet diligence.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour cii. 134 To aparaille mete and drinke for hym.

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Hj The hert hath two eares..to let the ayre in and out that is appareylled for it fro y^e lunges.

1623 G. Markham Countrey Contentments (new ed.) i. ii. 145 Aparill it [sc. the wine] thus: take the Whites onely of ten eggs, [etc.].

†b. intransitive for reflexive. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)]

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agraith1340

to make readya1382

arraya1387

providec1425

prepare1517

addressa1522

apparel1523

bouna1525

buckle1563

to make frecka1572

fettle?c1600

fix1716

to set into ——1825

to show foot1825

ready1878

to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1883

prep1900

to get (oneself) organized1926

to sharpen one's pencil1957

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ix. 8 In the meane tyme the quene aparailed for her needis and besynesse.

†2. To make preparations for (an event, work). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > make preparations for (an event, etc.)

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purveya1382

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providea1616

forespeak1659

formel1673

to set the stage1937

organize1952

to set up1965

c1314 Guy Warw. 22 Therl dede anon aparaile Gyes dobing.

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2473 There he wolde hire weddynge aparayle [v.r. apparaylle, -eylle, -aille].

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. O.iiij^v The Romaynes shulde apparell his triumphe..right glorious and rychly.

3. To furnish, or fit up with things necessary (a room, a ship, etc.). Also figurative. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit

frameOE

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to furnish out1577

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to furnish forth1600

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to fit up1670

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to fit out1722

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to fake out1871

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1366 Mandeville's Trav. xx. 217 Alle thinges, that men apparayle with ony Halle.

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. xvii. sig. n.i ^v Martha was desyrous to lodge our lorde and his apostles, and to aparell them.

1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes iv. f. 154 The cause wherewith the prohibition is saide to bee apparelled.

1605 W. Camden Remaines ii. 46 The which Chappell..his executors did fully make, & apparail.

a1670 Hacket in Wallcot Life App. (1865) 159 Honest communication apparelleth the mind with good thoughts.

1863 H. W. Longfellow Musician's Tale xiv. ix, in Tales Wayside Inn 133 Never..Owned a ship so well apparelled.

†4. To prepare, equip, or accoutre for fighting.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm or equip [verb (transitive)]

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c1325 Cœur de L. 4333 Ser Fouke gan hym apparayle With hys folk the toun to assayle.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 132 The kingis men..thame apparalit [1489 Adv. apparaylyt] Till defend, gif thai thame assalit.

1634 Malory's Arthur (1816) II. 18 They apparalled them to joust Sir Gawaine.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 107 Apparelled..with his Bow and Quiver of Arrows.

a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 85 I have apareled my solldiors..upon my creditt to the Marchant.

a. To array with proper clothing; to attire, dress. (Now the ordinary sense, but somewhat archaic, and hardly in spoken use.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)]

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to fit out1722

encase1725

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trick1821

to fig out1825

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to get up1858

habilitate1885

tailor1885

kit1919

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ii. 186 Apparayleden him as a prentis.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iii. 224 And parailed hym lyke here prentys.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxxiii. f. clv Y^e Empresse..apparaylyd hyr & hir company in whyte clothynge.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 86 Be not appayraylyd in sylkys & velvettys.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xx. xxx. 833 Apparelling him with sot-like habites.

1611 Bible (King James) Luke vii. 25 They which are gorgeously apparelled .

1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 124 All the vestments..in which they used to apparel their Deities.

1838 R. Southey Ballad King Charlemain xii All apparell'd in costly array, Exulting they come to the palace of Aix.

†b. To invest (with an official robe). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > robe or robes

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1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 64 To apparell Canterbury with the Archebishop of Londons Palle.

6. In many figurative senses: cf. to clothe. archaic.

ΚΠ

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. ii. 8 Þe fyrste somer sesoun þat..apparaileþ þe erþe wiþ rosene floures.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. viii. 147 [The sonne] apparaylleth the trees with leues.

1558 Bp. T. Watson Holsome Doctr. Seuen Sacramentes ii. f. xi To be appareled and cladde with Christe and his rightwisnes.

1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. i. sig. A2 When thou wert appareld in thy flesh.

1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 55 She apparrell'd them [sc. her thoughts] in such a cleare, smooth calme of language, that it would have gentiliz'd Barbarisme it selfe.

1807 W. Wordsworth Ode in Poems II. 147 When meadow, grove, and stream,..To me did seem Apparell'd in celestial light.

†7. To deck, adorn, embellish. Obsolete except as 6.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament

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1366 Mandeville's Trav. xiv. 153 Clothes..apparayled with greet Perles.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Luke xxi. 5 The temple..was apparailid [1382 ourned, Tindale garnissed, 1611 adorned] with gode stoonus.

1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 52^v Ye apparell it with a fewe pearles of Scripture.

1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent ii. 29 To be apparelled with the Title of Gentry.

†8. figurative. To dress up (speciously), to trick out. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > present speciously [verb (transitive)] > improve appearance

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1615 T. Adams Spirituall Nauigator 55 in Blacke Devill They apparrell bloud-red murther..in the white robes of Religion.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. ii. 12 Looke sweet, speake faire..Apparell vice like vertues harbenger.

a1637 B. Jonson Timber 314 in Wks. (1640) III To apparrell a Lye well, to give it a good dressing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	apparel
释义	appareln. Brit. /əˈparəl/, /əˈparl̩/, U.S. /əˈpɛrəl/ Forms: Middle English aparail, Middle English ap- or app-araill(e, -ayll(e, Middle English–1500s -ail(e, -ayl(e, -ale, -ell, Middle English apareylle, aparelle, appayraille, Middle English apparall, 1500s apperell, Middle English– apparel. apheticMiddle English pareylle, 1500s parel, 1600s parrell. Etymology: < Old French aparail, apareil (modern French appareil ), < verb apareiller : see apparel v. †1. abstract. The work of fitly preparing for anything, preparation, array. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] yarkingc1000 forgraithinga1300 apparellingc1315 ordinancec1330 purveyancec1330 graithinga1340 purveying1340 providencea1382 making readyc1384 preparationa1393 paring1393 provisiona1398 parelc1425 apparelc1430 parelling?a1440 ablingc1450 munition1480 preparing1497 arraya1500 readyinga1500 repurveancea1500 ordaining1509 apparation1533 preparementa1538 apprest1539 preparaturea1540 preparance1543 order1545 apparance1546 prepare1548 fore-preparationa1586 ettlingc1600 apparelment1607 parationa1617 comparation1623 address1633 apparatus1638 prep1920 c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 40 Soone was dihte, Al that wedlok askethe..Al was redy to plesaunt apparailes. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 246/4 That yere was halowed..with right grete appareylle of games. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 12 The grete apparaylle of thys feste. †2. concrete. Things provided for any purpose, and employed in its performance; material, requisites, apparatus. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > that with which anything is equipped > equipment or accoutrements ornament?c1225 i-wendea1250 atil1297 tacklea1325 apparel1330 conreyc1330 farec1330 tirec1330 apparementc1340 apparelmentc1374 graithc1375 appurtenancec1386 geara1400 warnementa1400 stuff1406 parelling?a1440 farrements1440 stuffurec1440 skippeson1444 harnessa1450 parela1450 implements1454 reparel1466 ordinance1475 habiliments1483 ornation1483 muniments1485 mountures1489 outred1489 accomplement?c1525 trinketc1525 garnishing1530 garniture1532 accoutrementsc1550 furniments1553 tackling1558 instrument1563 ordinara1578 appointment?1578 outreiking1584 appoint1592 dighting1598 outreik1598 apparate?c1600 accomplishment1605 attirail1611 coutrement1621 apparatusa1628 equipage1648 thing1662 equipment1717 paraphernalia1736 tack1777 outfit1787 fittinga1817 fixing1820 set-out1831 rigging1837 fixture1854 parapherna1876 clobber1890 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking ornament?c1225 i-wendea1250 atil1297 tacklea1325 apparel1330 conreyc1330 farec1330 tirec1330 apparementc1340 apparelmentc1374 graithc1375 appurtenancec1386 geara1400 warnementa1400 stuff1406 parelling?a1440 farrements1440 stuffurec1440 skippeson1444 harnessa1450 parela1450 implements1454 reparel1466 ordinance1475 habiliments1483 ornation1483 muniments1485 outred1489 trinketc1525 garnishing1530 garniture1532 accoutrementsc1550 furniments1553 tackling1558 instrument1563 ordinara1578 appointment?1578 outreiking1584 supellectile1584 appoint1592 dighting1598 outreik1598 materialsa1600 apparate?c1600 attirail1611 coutrement1621 apparatusa1628 outrig1639 equipage1648 thing1662 equipment1717 paraphernalia1736 fixture1767 tack1777 outfit1787 fittinga1817 fixing1820 matériel1821 set-out1831 rigging1837 parapherna1876 clobber1890 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 121 Þe Londreis herd it telle, & ȝared þam fulle welle, With gode aparaile of alle þat þei mot gete. c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) vii. ix 174 Rosted her chyld whan vitayle dyd fayle; She had of store, none other apparayle. 1477 W. Caxton in Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (1877) lf. 74 Socrates sayde That women ben thapparaylles to cacche men. 1623 G. Markham Countrey Contentments (new ed.) i. ii. 146 Giue it [sc. the wine] a pareil..the aparell is thus; Take the Yelkes of ten Egges, [etc.]. 1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. v. 63 The Apparel of the Mass..the Habits, the Vessels, and other Ornaments..made use of in the Celebration of it. †3. The furniture and appendages of a house, fortress, gun, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] apparelc1420 parela1450 reparation1464 reparelling1513 furniture1573 upholstery1649 plenishment1664 fittinga1817 furnishings1858 upholstering1896 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [noun] > appendages of weapon apparelc1420 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] apparelc1420 sidearm1778 c1420 Chron. Vilod. 448 Þis chapelle..w^t alle þe pareylle þ^t longede þerto. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 293 Schot and othir apparale [1489 Adv. apparaill]. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 118 Apparall [1489 Adv. aparaile] of chalmyr and hall. 1503 Act 19 Hen. VII iv. §3 To forfett the same Crosebowe with all the apparell therto belongyng. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings vii. 48 All the apperell [ Wyclif & 1611 vessels] that belonged vnto the house of the Lorde. 4. The outfit or rigging of a ship. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > [noun] steerc1290 tacklea1300 apparel1330 farec1330 habiliments1483 outred1489 furniture1577 apparelling1795 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 154 Fiue oþer galeis with alle þer apparaile. 1575–6 Act 18 Eliz. ix. §2 The said Shippes or Vessells with all theyr Apparell and Furnyture. 1709 London Gaz. mmmmdlxxix/4 The Ship Margaret..her Tackle, Apparel and Furniture. 1819 W. Wordsworth Waggoner ii. 161 Back to her place the ship he led; Wheeled her back in full apparel. 1882 Charter-party What she [the vessel] can reasonably stow..over and above her Tackle, Apparel, Provisions, and Furniture. 5. Personal outfit or attire. Categories » †a. Military. b. Ordinary; clothing generally, raiment, dress. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] clothesc888 hattersOE shroudc1000 weedOE shrouda1122 clothc1175 hatteringa1200 atourc1220 back-clout?c1225 habit?c1225 clothingc1275 cleadinga1300 dubbinga1300 shroudinga1300 attirec1300 coverturec1300 suitc1325 apparel1330 buskingc1330 farec1330 harness1340 tire1340 backs1341 geara1350 apparelmentc1374 attiringa1375 vesturec1385 heelinga1387 vestmentc1386 arraya1400 graitha1400 livery1399 tirementa1400 warnementa1400 arrayment1400 parelc1400 werlec1400 raiment?a1425 robinga1450 rayc1450 implements1454 willokc1460 habiliment1470 emparelc1475 atourement1481 indumenta1513 reparel1521 wearing gear1542 revesture1548 claesc1550 case1559 attirement1566 furniture1566 investuring1566 apparelling1567 dud1567 hilback1573 wear1576 dress1586 enfolding1586 caparison1589 plight1590 address1592 ward-ware1598 garnish1600 investments1600 ditement1603 dressing1603 waith1603 thing1605 vestry1606 garb1608 outwall1608 accoutrementa1610 wearing apparel1617 coutrement1621 vestament1632 vestiment1637 equipage1645 cask1646 aguise1647 back-timbera1656 investiture1660 rigging1664 drapery1686 vest1694 plumage1707 bussingc1712 hull1718 paraphernalia1736 togs1779 body clothing1802 slough1808 toggery1812 traps1813 garniture1827 body-clothes1828 garmenture1832 costume1838 fig1839 outfit1840 vestiture1841 outer womana1845 outward man1846 vestiary1846 rag1855 drag1870 clo'1874 parapherna1876 clobber1879 threads1926 mocker1939 schmatte1959 vine1959 kit1989 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 54 Fourscore armed Knyghtes, in suilk apparaille dight, Þat so riche armes was neuer sene with sight. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ix. 111 Was no pride on his apparail ne pouert noþer. c1400 Rom. Rose 575 Semyde by hir apparayle She was not wont to gret travayle. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) 609 One of her apareyles to put on hir. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) iv. sig. Eiii A shining parel..of Tirian purple. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 72 Costly thy apparrell..For the apparell oft proclaimes the man. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 302. ⁋12 Neglect of Apparel, even among the most intimate Friends, does insensibly lessen their Regards to each other. 1833 C. Lamb Wedding in Last Ess. Elia 201 I am ill at describing female apparel. 1883 Newsp. Advt. Piece Goods, Apparel, etc. for Sale by Auction. c. figurative. ‘Attire.’ archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [noun] > the outside or exterior > external aspect as opposed to internal > of something immaterial apparel1610 attire1610 shella1652 1610 E. Bolton in C. M. Ingleby & L. T. Smith Shakespeare's Cent. Prayse (1879) 91 Style (the apparell of matter). 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 2 Nature forthwith changes her apparrel. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 74. ¶2 The rude Stile and evil Apparel of this antiquated Song. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. ix. 97/1 The Thirty-nine Articles themselves are articles of wearing apparel (for the Religious Idea)? 1881 Bible (R.V.) 1 Pet. iii. 4 The incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit. †d. as hunting term (see quot.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun] > body or parts of > flanks and parts flankard1567 apparel1575 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xlii. 128 At his sides..a thinne kinde of redde fleshe which hunters call the apparel of an hart. †6. Appearance, aspect. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] onseneeOE bleea1000 shapeOE ylikeOE laitc1175 semblanta1225 sightc1275 fare1297 showingc1300 specea1325 parelc1330 guise1340 countenance1362 semblance?a1366 apparel1377 regardc1380 apparencec1384 imagec1384 spicec1384 overseeminga1398 kenninga1400 seemingc1400 visage1422 rinda1450 semenauntc1450 'pearance1456 outwardc1475 representation1489 favour?a1500 figurea1522 assemblant1523 prospect?1533 respect1535 visure1545 perceiverance1546 outwardshine1549 view1556 species1559 utter-shape1566 look1567 physiognomy1567 face1572 paintry1573 visor1575 mienc1586 superficies?1589 behaviour1590 aspect1594 complexion1597 confrontment1604 show1604 aira1616 beseeminga1616 formality1615 resemblancea1616 blush1620 upcomea1630 presentment1637 scheme1655 sensation1662 visibility1669 plumage1707 facies1727 remark1748 extrinsica1797 exterior1801 showance1820 the cut of one's jib1823 personnel1839 personal appearance1842 what-like1853 look-see1898 outwall1933 visuality1938 prosopon1947 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 278 As in apparaille and in porte proud amonges þe peple. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. iv. 130 How moche the ferther she [the mone] is fro the sonne so moche the more we see of her apparayl. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Phil. ii. 8 Was found in his aparell [ Wyclif abite, 1611 fashion] as a man. †7. a. Ornament, decoration, embellishment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration atiffement1330 agraithing1340 apparela1375 anornamenta1382 adubmentc1400 dubmentc1400 anourement?1403 honourment1442 honestnessa1450 quaintisingc1450 ornaturea1475 adorning1495 furnish1500 accomplement?c1525 decking1531 habilimenta1533 parelc1540 exornation1548 garnishment1550 attirement1566 beautifyings1574 pranking1580 trinklement1582 decoration1584 decorement1587 trapping1596 trim1598 garnish1615 vinetry1622 polition1623 trickmenta1625 deckage1642 decor1656 garniture1685 buskrya1687 ornamentation1706 broidery1782 dizenment1864 necking1946 fanciness1961 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3224 Þat was perles a-parrayl. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 601 Þe apparayl of þe payttrure..acorded wyth þe arsouneȝ. c1400 Rowland & Otuel 413 Ane helme of riche entayle, Of precyouse stanes the appayrayle. b. esp. Ornamental embroidery on certain ecclesiastical vestments. revived. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [noun] > embroidery on apparel1485 1485 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Mary at Hill, London in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 112 To Thomas Pate browderer—for his workmanship upon it and the appareyle belonging thereto—10d. 1844 A. W. Pugin Gloss. Eccl. Ornament 5 The Albe..should be made..with apparells..worked in silk and gold, embroidered with ornaments. 1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. v. 438 Apparels were..stitched on to the upper part of the amice, like a collar to it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). apparelv. Brit. /əˈparəl/, /əˈparl̩/, U.S. /əˈpɛrəl/ Forms: Middle English aparaile, Middle English–1500s aparayle, Middle English ap- or app-areil(e, appareyl(le, apparaill(e, apparyl, appairelle, Middle English–1500s aparal(l, apparayl(e, apparayll(e, Middle English–1600s apparail(e, apparal(l, apparell, 1500s aperayle, appareyll, appayrayl, 1500s–1600s apparal, apparrell, aparel(l, Middle English– apparel. apheticMiddle English parail, parayl. In inflexions -l is at present usually doubled before a vowel in G. Brit., left single in U.S. Etymology: < Old French apareille-r, aparaille-r (modern French appareiller ), cognate with Provençal aparelhar , Portuguese apparelhar , Spanish aparejar , Italian apparecchiare < Romanic adpariculāre to make equal or fit, < ad to + paricul-um (Italian parecchio , Spanish parejo , Provençal parelh , French pareil ), diminutive of Latin par equal. The 15th cent. spellings were almost endless, the typical being apaˈrail , passing with retracted accent to aˈparel . For app- , see ap- prefix¹. archaic. Usually transitive or reflexive. †1. a. transitive. To make ready, or prepare (for a purpose); to fit out, get ready, put into proper order. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > prepare for a purpose aturnc1220 apparelc1250 dressc1330 updressa1400 trim1517 tew1571 mount1622 pretreat1926 c1250 Kent. Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. 26 Hi hedden aparailed here offrendes. c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋375 Ye oughte purveyen yow and apparaile [v.r. -aillen, -ayle, -el] yow in this caas with greet diligence. a1450 Knt. de la Tour cii. 134 To aparaille mete and drinke for hym. ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Hj The hert hath two eares..to let the ayre in and out that is appareylled for it fro y^e lunges. 1623 G. Markham Countrey Contentments (new ed.) i. ii. 145 Aparill it [sc. the wine] thus: take the Whites onely of ten eggs, [etc.]. †b. intransitive for reflexive. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] buskc1330 agraith1340 to make readya1382 arraya1387 providec1425 prepare1517 addressa1522 apparel1523 bouna1525 buckle1563 to make frecka1572 fettle?c1600 fix1716 to set into ——1825 to show foot1825 ready1878 to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1883 prep1900 to get (oneself) organized1926 to sharpen one's pencil1957 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ix. 8 In the meane tyme the quene aparailed for her needis and besynesse. †2. To make preparations for (an event, work). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > make preparations for (an event, etc.) apparelc1314 purveya1382 prevenea1522 bespeak1582 providea1616 forespeak1659 formel1673 to set the stage1937 organize1952 to set up1965 c1314 Guy Warw. 22 Therl dede anon aparaile Gyes dobing. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2473 There he wolde hire weddynge aparayle [v.r. apparaylle, -eylle, -aille]. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. O.iiij^v The Romaynes shulde apparell his triumphe..right glorious and rychly. 3. To furnish, or fit up with things necessary (a room, a ship, etc.). Also figurative. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit frameOE dightc1275 fayc1275 graith1297 attire1330 purveyc1330 shapec1330 apparel1366 harnessc1380 ordaina1387 addressa1393 array1393 pare1393 feata1400 point1449 reparel?c1450 provide1465 fortify1470 emparel1480 appoint1490 deck?15.. equip1523 trim1523 accoutre1533 furnish1548 accommodate1552 fraught1571 suit1572 to furnish up1573 to furnish out1577 rig1579 to set out1585 equipage1590 outreik1591 befit1598 to furnish forth1600 fita1616 to fit up1670 outrig1681 to fit out1722 mount?1775 outfit1798 habilitate1824 arm1860 to fake out1871 heel1873 1366 Mandeville's Trav. xx. 217 Alle thinges, that men apparayle with ony Halle. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. xvii. sig. n.i ^v Martha was desyrous to lodge our lorde and his apostles, and to aparell them. 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes iv. f. 154 The cause wherewith the prohibition is saide to bee apparelled. 1605 W. Camden Remaines ii. 46 The which Chappell..his executors did fully make, & apparail. a1670 Hacket in Wallcot Life App. (1865) 159 Honest communication apparelleth the mind with good thoughts. 1863 H. W. Longfellow Musician's Tale xiv. ix, in Tales Wayside Inn 133 Never..Owned a ship so well apparelled. †4. To prepare, equip, or accoutre for fighting. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm or equip [verb (transitive)] weaponc1000 aturnc1220 armc1275 atil1297 attire1297 enarmc1320 apparelc1325 tirec1330 garnish?a1400 stuff?a1400 gearc1400 relieve1487 to set forthc1515 to arm out1533 munition1579 c1325 Cœur de L. 4333 Ser Fouke gan hym apparayle With hys folk the toun to assayle. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 132 The kingis men..thame apparalit [1489 Adv. apparaylyt] Till defend, gif thai thame assalit. 1634 Malory's Arthur (1816) II. 18 They apparalled them to joust Sir Gawaine. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 107 Apparelled..with his Bow and Quiver of Arrows. a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 85 I have apareled my solldiors..upon my creditt to the Marchant. 5. a. To array with proper clothing; to attire, dress. (Now the ordinary sense, but somewhat archaic, and hardly in spoken use.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] wrya901 clothec950 shride971 aturnc1220 begoa1225 array1297 graith1297 agraithc1300 geara1325 cleadc1325 adightc1330 apparel1362 back1362 shape1362 attirea1375 parela1375 tirea1375 rayc1390 addressa1393 coverc1394 aguisea1400 scredea1400 shrouda1400 bedightc1400 buskc1400 harnessc1400 hatterc1400 revesta1449 able1449 dressa1450 reparel?c1450 adub?1473 endue?a1475 afaite1484 revestera1500 beclothe1509 trimc1516 riga1535 invest1540 vesture1555 suit1577 clad1579 investure1582 vest1582 deck1587 habit1594 to make ready1596 caparison1597 skin1601 shadow1608 garment1614 riga1625 raiment1656 garb1673 equip1695 to fit out1722 encase1725 tog1793 trick1821 to fig out1825 enclothe1832 toilet1842 to get up1858 habilitate1885 tailor1885 kit1919 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ii. 186 Apparayleden him as a prentis. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iii. 224 And parailed hym lyke here prentys. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxxiii. f. clv Y^e Empresse..apparaylyd hyr & hir company in whyte clothynge. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 86 Be not appayraylyd in sylkys & velvettys. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xx. xxx. 833 Apparelling him with sot-like habites. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke vii. 25 They which are gorgeously apparelled . View more context for this quotation 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 124 All the vestments..in which they used to apparel their Deities. 1838 R. Southey Ballad King Charlemain xii All apparell'd in costly array, Exulting they come to the palace of Aix. †b. To invest (with an official robe). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > robe or robes robea1400 apparel1576 enrobe1593 vest1639 re-robe1795 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 64 To apparell Canterbury with the Archebishop of Londons Palle. 6. In many figurative senses: cf. to clothe. archaic. ΚΠ c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. ii. 8 Þe fyrste somer sesoun þat..apparaileþ þe erþe wiþ rosene floures. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. viii. 147 [The sonne] apparaylleth the trees with leues. 1558 Bp. T. Watson Holsome Doctr. Seuen Sacramentes ii. f. xi To be appareled and cladde with Christe and his rightwisnes. 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. i. sig. A2 When thou wert appareld in thy flesh. 1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 55 She apparrell'd them [sc. her thoughts] in such a cleare, smooth calme of language, that it would have gentiliz'd Barbarisme it selfe. 1807 W. Wordsworth Ode in Poems II. 147 When meadow, grove, and stream,..To me did seem Apparell'd in celestial light. View more context for this quotation †7. To deck, adorn, embellish. Obsolete except as 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament dightc1200 begoa1225 fay?c1225 rustc1275 duba1300 shrouda1300 adorna1325 flourishc1325 apparel1366 depaintc1374 dressa1375 raila1375 anorna1382 orna1382 honourc1390 paintc1390 pare1393 garnisha1400 mensk?a1400 apykec1400 hightlec1400 overfretc1440 exornc1450 embroider1460 repair1484 empare1490 ornate1490 bedo?a1500 purfle?a1500 glorify?1504 betrap1509 broider1509 deck?1521 likelya1522 to set forth1530 exornate1539 grace1548 adornate1550 fardc1550 gaud1554 pink1558 bedeck1559 tight1572 begaud1579 embellish1579 bepounce1582 parela1586 flower1587 ornify1590 illustrate1592 tinsel1594 formalize1595 adore1596 suborn1596 trapper1597 condecorate1599 diamondize1600 furnish1600 enrich1601 mense1602 prank1605 overgreen1609 crown1611 enjewel1611 broocha1616 varnish1641 ornament1650 array1652 bedub1657 bespangle1675 irradiate1717 gem1747 begem1749 redeck1771 blazon1813 aggrace1825 diamond1839 panoply1851 1366 Mandeville's Trav. xiv. 153 Clothes..apparayled with greet Perles. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Luke xxi. 5 The temple..was apparailid [1382 ourned, Tindale garnissed, 1611 adorned] with gode stoonus. 1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 52^v Ye apparell it with a fewe pearles of Scripture. 1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent ii. 29 To be apparelled with the Title of Gentry. †8. figurative. To dress up (speciously), to trick out. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > present speciously [verb (transitive)] > improve appearance paintc1390 set1540 daub1543 plaster1546 varnish1571 to gild over1574 adorn1589 parget1592 glaze1605 apparel1615 pranka1616 lustre1627 candidate1628 varnish1641 lacquer1688 whitewash1703 tinsel1748 duff1750 fineer1765 veneer1847 superficialize1851 gloss1879 window dress1913 beglamour1926 sportswash2012 1615 T. Adams Spirituall Nauigator 55 in Blacke Devill They apparrell bloud-red murther..in the white robes of Religion. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. ii. 12 Looke sweet, speake faire..Apparell vice like vertues harbenger. View more context for this quotation a1637 B. Jonson Timber 314 in Wks. (1640) III To apparrell a Lye well, to give it a good dressing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1330v.c1250
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