apparel
/əˈpæ.ɹəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.72 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "fresh in his new apparel, proud and young"
- "At public devotions, her winning modesty, her resigned carriage, made virtue and religion appear with new ornaments, and in the natural apparel of simplicity and beauty."
- "And if there is need of any thing, such as ship's apparel or other necessaries, and the merchants desire to purchase them, they may do so, and when the voyage is concluded, the merchants may claim for themselves the things which they have bought for the ship or vessel"
- "They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts."
- "presently entered a baron and an earl appareled after the Turkish fashion in long robes of bawdkin powdered with gold"
- "ships appareled to fight"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: apareillier
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈpæ.ɹəl/