the distinctive clothing worn by a member of a livery company or guild
the distinctive uniform worn by of servants, employees, officials, etc employed by an individual or a single household
a distinctive colour scheme, e.g. on a vehicle aircraft, distinguishing an organization or group
the legal delivering of property
= livery stable
liveried adj
at livery
said of a horse: kept and fed for the owner in a livery stable
Middle English via Old French livver to dispense, deliver, from Latin liberare to free. The word originally denoted the provision of food and clothing to one's retainers, or the food or clothing supplied, hence distinctive clothing or uniform