raiment

rai·ment

R0024800 (rā′mənt)n. Clothing; garments.

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[Middle English, short for araiment, from Old French areement, array, from areer, arrayer, to array; see array.]

raiment

(ˈreɪmənt) n (Clothing & Fashion) archaic or poetic attire; clothing; garments[C15: shortened from arrayment, from Old French areement; see array]

rai•ment

(ˈreɪ mənt)

n. clothing; apparel; attire. [1350–1400; Middle English rayment, aph. variant of arrayment. See array, -ment]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	raiment - especially fine or decorative clothingregalia, arrayarticle of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wearable, vesture, wear - a covering designed to be worn on a person's bodywar paint - full ceremonial regalia
Verb	1.	raiment - provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"apparel, clothe, enclothe, garb, garment, tog, habilitate, fit out, dressprim out, prim up, prim - dress primlydress, get dressed - put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?"wrap up, cover - clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!"jacket - put a jacket on; "The men were jacketed"frock - put a frock onshirt - put a shirt onhabit - put a habit onvesture - provide or cover with a cloakoverclothe, overdress - dress too warmly; "You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot"underdress - dress without sufficient warmth; "She was underdressed for the hiking trip and suffered hypothermia"corset - dress with a corsetshoe - furnish with shoes; "the children were well shoed"coat - cover or provide with a coatcostume, dress up - dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"robe, vest - clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robesgown - dress in a gownchange state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

raiment

nounArticles worn to cover the body:apparel, attire, clothes, clothing, dress, garment (used in plural), habiliment (often used in plural).Informal: dud (used in plural), tog (used in plural).Slang: thread (used in plural).

Translations

vêtement