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.
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.
