reapparellingreapparelingn.
/ˌriːəˈparəlɪŋ/, /ˌriːəˈparl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌriəˈpɛrəlɪŋ/ The action or an act of providing, or being provided with, fresh apparel; dressing or clothing again.
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1488 in W. Campbell Materials for Hist. Reign Henry VII (1877) II. 322 Ye deliuer or doo to be deliuered ccc. bowes, vic. sheaf of arowes, c. speirs, iiii. gros of bowestringes, and iiii. barelles of gunne poudre, towards the reapparailling, refresshing, and fortifying of certeyn oure shippes of werre.
1568 Mary Queen of Scots Articlis & Instr. to Lordis Commissionaris 29 Sept. in L. S. F. Buckingham Mem. Mary Stuart (1844) I. ix. 286 To require all strengthis to be randerit to the Quene's Majestie, and awneris thairof, with all jewallis, munitioun, re-apparelling thairof, and fré delivering of the Nobilmen.
1901 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 416 All such re-apparelling is of secondary import when the sphere is not the drawing-room but the schoolroom.
1992 J. MacIntyre Costumes & Scripts Elizabethan Theatres vi. 282 A shirt-and-Venetians costume would also facilitate quick reappareling for his Scoto and commendatore disguises.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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