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apparel
[ uh-par-uhl ]
noun
- clothing, especially outerwear; garments; attire; raiment.
- anything that decorates or covers.
- superficial appearance; aspect; guise.
- Nautical. the masts, sails, anchor, etc., used to equip a vessel.
- Ecclesiastical. a piece of embroidery, usually oblong, on certain vestments, especially on the alb or amice.
apparel
/ əˈpærəl /
noun
- something that covers or adorns, esp outer garments or clothing
- nautical a vessel's gear and equipment
verb
- archaic.tr to clothe, adorn, etc
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Other Words From
- over·ap·pareled adjective
- unap·pareled adjective
- well-ap·pareled adjective
- well-ap·parelled adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of apparel1
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Example Sentences
As a test, Sun shipped over a container stuffed with apparel made in his home province.
The American Apparel adverts are deemed tacky and offensive because they dramatize, brazenly, the sex-drenched time we live in.
Allan Mayer, American Apparel's co-chair, seemingly laughed at Charney's plea, labeling him "a dreamer."
Ipanema has long been the hotbed of beach apparel, launching looks like the tanga and the g-string.
Charney was ousted as CEO of American Apparel, which has been struggling in recent years.
After all, here was a babe equipped to face the exigencies of a censorious world; in looks and apparel a credit to any father.
Wearing apparel, furniture, jewelry, even legal expenses incurred in regaining her conjugal rights have been included.
Some half-decayed pieces of cloth and portions of wearing apparel were still lying in it.
She wouldnt have had her mother know how really thin her apparel seemed for anything in the world.
Shortly there appeared a youngish man, constructed by nature to adorn wearing apparel.
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