Habiliment
[hә'bilәmәnt]
Definition
(n.) A garment; an article of clothing.
(n.) Dress, in general.
Typed by Kevin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Dress, garment, clothes, apparel, raiment, vesture, garb, habit, costume, vestment.
Checked by Ellen
Definition
n. a garment: (pl.) clothing dress.—adjs. Hab′ilable (Carlyle) capable of being clothed; Habil′atory having reference to dressing.
Inputed by Josiah
Examples
- In another moment I stood garbed in the habiliments of a Holy Thern. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And insurrection could clothe itself in the same romantic habiliments as diplomacy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Within lay the body, robed in costly habiliments covered with gold embroidery and starred with scintillating gems. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typist: Willie