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trappings

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From trapping.

Noun

trappings pl (plural only)

  1. Clothing or equipment; that which gives the appearance of something.
    He went through his belongings, gradually shedding the trappings of youth.
  2. Ornamental coverings or harnesses for a horse; caparisons.
Translations

Etymology 2

From trap.

Noun

trappings

  1. plural of trapping

See also

  • trapping

Anagrams

  • strapping

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habiliment

English

Alternative forms

  • abiliment (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English habilement, from Old French habillement (“clothes”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /h??b?l?m?nt/

Noun

habiliment (plural habiliments)

  1. Clothes, especially clothing appropriate for someone's job, status, or to an occasion.
    • ca. 1607, William Shakespeare, Anthony and Cleopatra, Act III, sc. 6:
      She
      In th' habiliments of the goddess Isis
      That day appeared, and oft before gave audience […]
    • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 52
      Bananas with their great ragged leaves, like the tattered habiliments of an empress in adversity, grew close up to the house.
  2. Equipment or furnishings characteristic of a place or being; trappings.

Translations

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