habiliment

habiliment
noun /həˈbɪlɪmənt/
a) Clothes, especially clothing appropriate for someones job, status, or to an occasion.

... Mrs Crummles was then occupied in exchanging the habiliments of a melodramatic empress for the ordinary attire of matrons in the nineteenth century.

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

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  • Habiliment — Ha*bil i*ment (h[.a]*b[i^]l [i^]*ment), n. [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. [1913 Webster] 2. pl.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • habiliment — (n.) often habiliments, early 15c., munitions, weapons, from M.Fr. habillement, from abiller prepare or fit out, probably from habile fit, suitable (see ABLE (Cf. able)). Alternative etymology [Barnhart, Klein] makes the French verb originally… …   Etymology dictionary

  • habiliment — ► NOUN archaic ▪ clothing. ORIGIN Old French habillement, from Latin habilis able …   English terms dictionary

  • habiliment — [hə bil′ə mənt] n. [MFr habillement < habiller, to clothe, make fit < habile: see HABILE] 1. [usually pl.] clothing; dress; attire 2. [pl.] furnishings or equipment; trappings …   English World dictionary

  • habiliment — noun Etymology: Middle English abiliments, habilementes, from Middle French abillement, habillemens, from Old French abiller to prepare, equip, from bille trimmed wood, log more at billet Date: 15th century 1. plural characteristic apparatus ;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • habiliment — habilimental /heuh bil euh men tl/, habilimentary, adj. habilimented, adj. /heuh bil euh meuhnt/, n. 1. Usually, habiliments. a. clothes or clothing. b. clothes as worn in a particular profession, way of life, etc. 2. habiliments, accouterments… …   Universalium

  • habiliment — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A set or style of clothing. Often used in plural: costume, dress, garb, guise, outfit, turnout. Informal: getup, rig. See PUT ON. 2. Articles worn to cover the body. Often used in plural: apparel, attire, clothes,… …   English dictionary for students

  • habiliment — n. clothes, clothing, attire …   English contemporary dictionary

  • habiliment — [hə bɪlɪm(ə)nt] noun archaic clothing. Origin ME: from OFr. habillement, from habiller fit out , from L. habilis (see able) …   English new terms dictionary

  • habiliment — n. Dress, garment, clothes, apparel, raiment, vesture, garb, habit, costume, vestment …   New dictionary of synonyms

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