habiliment

«habiliment» in Mova's school dictionary: Clothes, especially special clothes worn for a job or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a habiliment, habiliments — formal, old)

meaning for a pupil

(old, formal, often plural) Clothes, especially special clothes worn for a job or ceremony. tree →

sense in the lessons

A very rare word found in old books, often for a joke because it sounds grand. In The Wind in the Willows Toad escapes from prison in the washerwoman's dress, and the old-fashioned words make his disguise sound funny.

examples

• The knight put on his habiliments for battle. tree →
• The actor wore the habiliments of a king. tree →
• Toad dressed in the washerwoman's habiliments. tree →
• «What strange habiliments!» laughed the Rat. tree →
• The priest's habiliments were white and gold. tree →
• The old book described the lady's fine habiliments. tree →

note

Very formal and old-fashioned; in everyday English say «clothes». Usually plural. Say «ha-BIL-i-ment».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «habiliment» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.