1200-1300Old Frenchapareil ‘preparation’, from apareillier, from Latinapparare; ➔ APPARATUS
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
an athletic shoe and apparel company
children's apparel
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
And while they looked steadfastly at heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel.
Department stores, apparel and accessory stores lost jobs during the October-December period.
More often apparel is grouped by color.
Sears Roebuck bucked the largely bleak holiday sales trend, reporting significant increases in apparel sales.
The slowdown will result partly from sluggishness in nondurable sectors such as apparel and textiles.
They draw stipends from the national federation and most players have apparel contracts.
This has led to some repatriation of the apparel industry from the Third World back to the First.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►industry
· This has led to some repatriation of the apparel industry from the Third World back to the First.· In the apparel industry, this is already happening.· The effort potentially could have a major impact on apparel industry working conditions worldwide.· The task force was formed following a spate of major scandals in the apparel industry.
formal clothes: She looked lovely, despite her strange apparel. men wearing protective apparel We sell a full range of sports apparel.