attire
to dress, array, or adorn, especially for special occasions, ceremonials, etc.
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
the horns of a deer.
Origin of attire
1Other words from attire
- re·at·tire, verb (used with object), re·at·tired, re·at·tir·ing.
- un·at·tired, adjective
- well-at·tired, adjective
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How to use attire in a sentence
The guidelines would require schools to accept name and pronoun changes, eliminate gender-specific attire from dress codes and uniforms and allow students and staff to use facilities that correspond with their gender identity.
Pam Northam participates in town hall on Va. transgender students | Parker Purifoy | December 16, 2020 | Washington BladeWe’ve abandoned business attire for comfortable lounge wear.
As stay-at-home restrictions rise, here are ways to cope | Washington Post Staff, Elizabeth Chang, Mari-Jane Williams, Becky Krystal, Kendra Nichols, Caitlin Moore, Stephanie Merry, Missy Rosenberg, Katherine Lee | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostHillstone’s restaurants are reluctant to enforce masks — but they forbid guests from wearing hats, tank tops, flip flops and team athletic attire.
The thoughtless husks who plunged this NFL season into chaos deserve a public shaming | Sally Jenkins | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostConsumers have not only reduced their consumption of nonessential items like clothing Advertisement , but are buying more quality garments over cheap, disposable attire.
Secondhand Clothing Sales Are Booming – And May Help Solve The Sustainability Crisis In The Fashion Industry | LGBTQ-Editor | November 25, 2020 | No Straight NewsIn March and April, demand for certain products like travel accessories and wedding attire all but evaporated as those activities became impossible to do under stay-at-home orders.
DTC brands are rethinking their ‘never-go-on-sale’ rule | Anna Hensel | September 11, 2020 | Digiday
There are also multiple vectors of cool, each defined by distinctive attire.
Sneer and Clothing in Miami: Inside The $3 Billion Woodstock of Contemporary Art | Jay Michaelson | December 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy 1915, mourning attire had begun to draw more attention to the mourner than to the deceased, drawing critics to the practice.
From the refined attire at Lincoln Center to the avant-garde dress downtown, we spotted many of the big 2014 trends.
But in one area, they seem to have regressed: bathing attire is starting to look positively Victorian.
He had traded his convict uniform for civilian attire, though he still had on prison-issue footwear.
And he girded him about with a glorious girdle, and clothed him with a robe of glory, and crowned him with majestic attire.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousWhen he bent his elbows the sleeves flew up his arms, and these wristers became the most conspicuous thing in his whole attire.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydHis attire, from the square-pointed collar down to the neat black brogues, was spotless.
Dope | Sax RohmerThere seems to be no sufficient reason for explaining it by 'necklace' or 'gorget,' as if it were a separable article of attire.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThe town itself was still in holiday attire in honor of its royal guest of the preceding day.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. Murphy
British Dictionary definitions for attire
/ (əˈtaɪə) /
(tr) to dress, esp in fine elegant clothes; array
clothes or garments, esp if fine or decorative
the antlers of a mature male deer
Origin of attire
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