apparel
noun /əˈpærəl/
/əˈpærəl/
[uncountable]- (especially North American English) clothing, when it is being sold in shops
- The store sells women's and children's apparel.
- (old-fashioned or formal) clothes, particularly those worn on a formal occasion
- lords and ladies in fine apparel
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb in the sense ‘make ready or fit’; as a noun ‘furnishings, equipment’): from Old French apareillier, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ (expressing change) + par ‘equal’.