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is made to be worn, for decency or comfort. She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes. Shak. If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. Mark. v. 28.

A frame to hang clothes on.

A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.

A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.

A receptacle for clothes.

Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.

The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.

Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings.

A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.

Clothes worn under others, especially those worn next the skin for warmth.

A frame on which clothes are aired or dried.

To like; to be suited or pleased with. [Obs.] How allow you the model of these clothes Massinger.

dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings.

Clothes; raiment. [Obs.]

Obtainable. [Obs.] General Howe would not permit the purchase of those articles [clothes and blankets] in Philadelphia, and they were not attainable in the country. Marshall.

Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing. Earth in her rich attire. Milton. I 'll put myself in poor and mean attire. Shak. Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire Jer. ii. 32.

The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.

A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff. Shak.