noun

1. clothing; garments; attire
2. anything that clothes or adorns the white apparel of winter
3. Archaic a ship's outfit or furnishings, as rigging, anchor, guns, etc.

Etymology: ME appareil < OFr apareil < VL *appariculum, equipment < *appariculare, to clothe < L apparare: see apparatus

transitive verb appareled -·eled or apparelled -·elled, appareling -·el·ing or apparelling -·el·ling

1. to clothe; dress
2. to adorn; bedeck