Habiliment

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun

English

Etymology

from Old French habillement 'clothing'

Pronunciation

(US) IPA: /həˈbɪlɪmənt/

Noun

Habiliment (plural Habiliments)

1. clothes, especially clothing appropriate for someone's job or status or to an occasion
   • 1839: Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby - ... Mrs Crummles was then occupied in exchanging the habiliments of a melodramatic empress for the ordinary attire of matrons in the nineteenth century.

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