garment
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɡɑːmənt//
- United Kingdom/[ˈɡɑːmənt] ~ [ˈɡɑːmn̩t]/
- United States//ˈɡɑɹmənt//
- United States/[ˈɡɑɹmənt] ~ [ˈɡɑɹmn̩t]/
A single article of clothing.
noun
- 1
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.
- 2
figurativeThe 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.
- 3
Variant of temple garmentEllipsis of temple garment.
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.
verb
- 1
To clothe in a garment.
Forms
- plural
- garments
- past tense
- garmented
- past participle
- garmented
- present participle
- garmenting
- third person singular
- garments
garment · A single article of clothing.
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