Definition of apparel
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 apparel athletic apparel
2 : the equipment (such as sails and rigging) of a ship
3 : something that clothes or adorns the bright apparel of spring
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Examples of apparel in a Sentence
a designer who regularly apparels several of the presenters at the Oscar ceremonies
Origin and Etymology of apparel
see 2apparel
First Known Use: 14th century
Other Clothing Terms
Definition of apparel
appareled
orapparelled
;appareling
orapparelling
Examples of apparel in a Sentence
a sale on summer apparel for women
Origin and Etymology of apparel
Middle English appareillen, from Anglo-French apparailler to prepare, from Vulgar Latin *appariculare, from Latin apparare
First Known Use: 14th century
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: clothing of a particular kind
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