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.
A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. [Obs.] Chaucer.
To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out. Ships . . . appareled to fight. Hayward.
To dress or clothe; to attire. They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. Luke vii. 25.
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.
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