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Definition of Habiliment
1. Noun. A covering designed to be worn on a person's body.
Specialized synonyms: Accessory, Accouterment, Accoutrement, Apparel, Clothes, Dress, Wearing Apparel, Array, Raiment, Regalia, Attire, Dress, Garb, Beachwear, Black, Blue, Change, Civilian Clothing, Civilian Dress, Civilian Garb, Plain Clothes, Drag, Footwear, Garment, Gray, Grey, Hand Wear, Handwear, Headdress, Headgear, Knitwear, Leisure Wear, Loungewear, Man's Clothing, Neckpiece, Nightclothes, Nightwear, Sleepwear, Outerwear, Overclothes, Protective Garment, Ready-to-wear, Slip-on, Slops, Street Clothes, Tailor-made, Duds, Threads, Togs, Uniform, Vestiture, Woman's Clothing, Work-clothes, Work-clothing
Generic synonyms: Consumer Goods, Covering
Terms within: Wardrobe
Derivative terms: Clothe, Vest, Vestiary, Vesture, Wear, Wear, Wear
Definition of Habiliment
1. n. A garment; an article of clothing.
Definition of Habiliment
1. Noun. Clothes, especially clothing appropriate for someone's job, status, or to an occasion. ¹
2. Noun. Equipment or furnishings characteristic of a place or being; trappings. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Habiliment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Habiliment
Literary usage of Habiliment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses Connected with the by Agnes Strickland (1854)
""I shall fortify, maintain, and defend the noble Order of Knighthood of which I
am ready to receive the horse, arms, and knightly habiliment, according to ..."
2. Forensic Oratory: A Manual for Advocates by William Callyhan Robinson (1893)
"Ideas Concerning the Things in the Cause: habiliment. The attribute of habiliment
relates to covering, vesture, or possession. ..."
3. Narrative of a Journey to the Zoolu Country: In South Africa by Allen Francis Gardiner (1836)
"... of a lady's " boa " attached to a thin waist-cord, deserves the name, but
which, in fact, is the nearest approach to an habiliment which a ..."
4. The National: A Library for the People by W.J. Linton (1839)
"... the Women ;" who can lie Owes some addition to habiliment? With a most finished
grace ; whose excellence A plain, pure-minded man ; self-poised ; intent ..."
5. Frauds of Papal Ecclesiastics by Gabriel d'. Emiliane, Gilbert Burnet, Antonio Gavin (1835)
"... habiliment») with the mitre on his head ; and the pulpit of that cathedral
being very spacious, he had several canons that assisted on each side of him, ..."
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