Apparel \Ap*par"el\, n. [OE. apparel, apareil, OF. apareil, appareil, preparation, provision, furniture, OF. apareiller to match, prepare, F. appareiller; OF. a (L. ad) + pareil like, similar, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See Pair.]

1. External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.

Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young. --Denham.

At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity. --Tatler.

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

3. (Naut.) The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.

Syn: Dress; clothing; vesture; garments; raiment; garb; costume; attire; habiliments.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Apparel \Ap*par"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appareled, or Apparelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Appareling, or Apparelling.]

[OF. apareiller.]

1. To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

2. To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.

Ships . . . appareled to fight. --Hayward.

3. To dress or clothe; to attire.

They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. --Luke vii. 25.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)