apparel

noun

ap·par·el | \ ə-ˈper-əl ,

-ˈpa-rəl \

Definition of apparel

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : personal attire : clothing of a particular kind dressed in fine apparel —used chiefly in U.S. English to refer to clothing that is being sold in stores a new line of women's apparelathletic apparel

2 : the equipment (such as sails and rigging) of a ship

3 : something that clothes or adorns the bright apparel of spring

apparel

verb

ap·par·el | \ ə-ˈper-əl ,

-ˈpa-rəl \

appareled or apparelled; appareling or apparelling

Definition of apparel (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

1 : to put clothes on : dress was formally appareled [=was wearing formal clothes]

2 : adorn, embellish accused of appareling the truth

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Examples of apparel in a Sentence

Noun

a sale on summer apparel for women

Verb

a designer who regularly apparels several of the presenters at the Oscar ceremonies

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Grocery chain Kroger is developing its own apparel brand with some help from globally-renowned fashion designer Joe Mimran. — Emily Price, Fortune, "Kroger Is Launching Its Own Fashion Brand," 9 July 2018 Our in-house apparel brand is one size and multifunctional. — Gail Goldberg, SFChronicle.com, "Intentionally Blank steps it up with new Mission store," 21 June 2018 Several apparel brands, including Bight Gear, Blackyak, Giro, and Goldwin, have signed on to make products using Power Fill insulation. — Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online, "Polartec’s Synthetic Insulation Is Now Fully Recycled," 15 June 2018 State Forty Eight: An Arizona-centric sports apparel brand. — Kellie Hwang, azcentral, "The Churchill: Restaurants, breweries are opening inside shipping containers in downtown Phoenix," 6 June 2018 The beachy apparel brand Chubbies opened its first Northeast outpost on Newbury Street in March and plans to stay open through December. — Janelle Nanos, BostonGlobe.com, "Here’s a look at the new shops opening on Newbury Street this summer," 25 May 2018 Old Navy, for example, is one of the country’s fastest-growing apparel brands among major retailers. — Hilary George-parkin, Glamour, "The Glass Runway: Our Exclusive Survey on the State of the Fashion Industry," 21 May 2018 And many large apparel brands have histories human rights abuses under the belt. — Liz Raiss, GQ, "Kanye West, Tweeting Through It, Announces New Yeezys," 11 May 2018 Launched online in 2007 with its signature line of better-fitting men's pants, Bonobos is now the largest apparel brand ever built on the web in the United States, offering a full menswear assortment. — Benjy Egel, sacbee, "Trendy menswear store announced as new Ice Blocks tenant | The Sacramento Bee," 3 May 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

The hilarious picture, also shows Smalling donning some Manchester United coloured shorts at a young age, paired with what can only be described as a beautiful Ghost Busters appareled blouse. — SI.com, "Chris Smalling Reckons He's Found a Better Alternative to New iPhone in Hilarious Tweet," 18 Sep. 2017

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History and Etymology for apparel

Noun

Middle English apparaile, apparell "furnishings, equipment, dress," borrowed from Anglo-French apparail, noun derivative of apparailler "to prepare, equip, dress" — more at apparel entry 2

Verb

Middle English apparailen, apareilen "to prepare, equip, dress," borrowed from Anglo-French apparailler, apareiller, going back to Vulgar Latin *appariculāre, probably verbal derivative of *appariculum, re-formation (with Latin -culum, suffix of instrument) of Latin apparātus "act of preparing, equipment, apparatus"

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