garment
noun
- covering worn on the body
verb
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑːmənt/ / [ˈɡɑːmənt] ~ [ˈɡɑːmn̩t] / /ˈɡɑɹmənt/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English garment, garement, garnement, from Old French garnement, guarnement, from Old French garnir, guarnir (“to protect, fortify, clothe, garnish, adorn”), from Frankish *warnijan (“to ward off, refuse, deny”). More at English garnish.
- A single article of clothing.
“The woman ſhall not weare that which pertaineth vnto a man, neither ſhall a man put on a womans garment: foꝛ all that doe ſo, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.”
“This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.”
- The visible exterior in which a thing is invested or embodied.
“The highest state in which the soul completely casts away its garment of flesh and becomes a disembodied spirit.”
- Ellipsis of temple garment.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English garment, garement, garnement, from Old French garnement, guarnement, from Old French garnir, guarnir (“to protect, fortify, clothe, garnish, adorn”), from Frankish *warnijan (“to ward off, refuse, deny”). More at English garnish.
- To clothe in a garment.