HABILIMENT

clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment

(noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person’s body

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

habiliment (plural habiliments)

Clothes, especially clothing appropriate for someone's job, status, or to an occasion.

Equipment or furnishings characteristic of a place or being; trappings.

Source: Wiktionary


Ha*bil"i*ment, n. Etym: [F. habillement, fr. habiller to dress, clothe, orig., to make fit, make ready, fr. habile apt, skillful, L. habilis. See Habile.]

1. A garment; an article of clothing. Camden.

2. pl.

Definition: Dress, in general. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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