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What does "apparel" mean?

Apparel: A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Naut.) The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
  2. 3.To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  3. 4.To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out. Ships . . . appareled to fight. Hayward.
  4. 5.To dress or clothe; to attire. They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. Luke vii.
  5. 6.4. To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure. Appareled in celestial light. Wordsworth.

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