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
appareled or apparelled; appareling or apparelling
Definition of apparel (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: to put clothes on : dress
was formally appareled [=was wearing formal clothes]
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The first known use of apparel was in the 14th century
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