raiment
/ˈreɪm(ə)nt
/noun [mass noun] (also raiments) archaic or literary
Clothing: ladies clothed in raiment bedecked with jewels...
- Poseidon clothes himself in raiment of gold, grasps his gold whip, and takes his stand upon his chariot.
- A lone figure stood on the deck, dressed in raiment of yellow and lime, bearing short white hair that stood upright, and wielding a wood staff with a white rabbit carved atop it.
- Their long slender bodies were clothed in raiment so silky, and their staffs issued high command.
Origin
Late Middle English: shortening of obsolete arrayment 'dress, outfit'.
Rhymes
- Earl Marcher
- Earl Marshal
- Earl Marshal of Ireland
- earlobe
- earlock
- earl palatine
- earlship
- early
- early adopter
- early American
- early bird
- early bloomer
- early blooming
- early Church
- early closer
- early closing
- early day motion
- early door
- early doors
- Early English
- early flowering
- early fruiting
- early grave
- earlyish
- Early, Jubal