habiliment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Clothes, especially clothing appropriate for someone's job, status, or to an occasion.
  2. Equipment or furnishings characteristic of a place or being; trappings.

Pronunciation

/həˈbɪlɪmənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-haabiliment.wav

Word forms

habiliment habiliments abiliment

Etymology

From Middle English habilement, from Old French habillement (“clothes”).

Derived words

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