Synonyms for habiliment


Grammar : Noun
Spell : huh-bil-uh-muh nt
Phonetic Transcription : həˈbɪl ə mənt


Définition of habiliment

Origin :
  • often habiliments, early 15c., "munitions, weapons," from Middle French habillement, from abiller "prepare or fit out," probably from habile "fit, suitable" (see able). Alternative etymology [Barnhart, Klein] makes the French verb originally mean "reduce a tree by stripping off the branches," from a- "to" + bille "stick of wood." Sense of "clothing, dress" developed late 15c., by association with habit (n.).
  • noun clothing
Example sentences :
  • I might here—if it so pleased me—dilate upon the matter of habiliment, and other mere circumstances of the external metaphysician.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
  • An habiliment of the stage designed to reinforce the general acclamation of the press agent with a particular publicity.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • And in habiliment, movement, air, with what telling force it impersonated sorrow!
  • Extract from : « The Prince of India, Volume II » by Lew. Wallace
  • Others assign the habiliment to a Welshman, but give no authority for the assumption.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • At an earlier period the armor of complete steel was the habiliment of the knight.
  • Extract from : « Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 1 (of 20) » by Charles Sumner
  • So profuse was Gingham in his provision for the habiliment of his own elegant exterior.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 66, No 409, November 1849 » by Various
  • I might hereif it so pleased medilate upon the matter of habiliment, and other mere circumstances of the external metaphysician.
  • Extract from : « Devil Stories » by Various

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