habiliment

[ huh-bil-uh-muhnt ]

noun

1. Usually habiliments.
   1. clothes or clothing.
   2. clothes as worn in a particular profession, way of life, etc.
2. habiliments, accouterments or trappings.

habiliment

/ həˈbɪlɪmənt /

noun

1. often plural dress or attire

Other Words From

• ha·bil·i·men·tal [h, uh, -bil-, uh, -, men, -tl], ha·bili·menta·ry adjective
• ha·bili·mented adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of habiliment¹

1375–1425; late Middle English ( h ) abylement < Middle French habillement, equivalent to habill ( er ), abill ( ier ) to trim a log, hence, dress, prepare (< Vulgar Latin *adbiliare; a- ⁵, billet ² ) + -ment -ment

Word History and Origins

Origin of habiliment¹

C15: from Old French habillement, from habiller to dress, from bille log; see billet ²

Example Sentences

She set me up with my costume, your standard Santa habiliments: red fake velvet suit, fake fur, and black rubber boots that affixed with Velcro.

From Salon

The old part of the town, fiercely antebellum, rested in the stillest slackwater celebration of itself, in the habiliment of azaleas cutting into shadows with a soft-winged blue, or a deepening ruby.

From Literature

The fever departed, and Dr. Trefusis now in health, he walked abroad, dressed in his stolen habiliment, swinging a cane like a beau of the first fashion.

From Literature

Some time before the hour appointed, Woodville was in the court of the old castle, with his men armed and mounted, in very different guise from their peaceful habiliments of the morning.

From Project Gutenberg

They determined in some, way to entrap her; They had clothed her in a female garb; they insidiously laid in her way the habiliments of a man.

From Project Gutenberg