apparel

UK/əˈpæɹəl/US/əˈpæ.ɹəl/

nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,572 of 15,258leans written

Apparel is clothing, in formal or trade usage. Sportswear and apparel.

It is the word the trade uses and almost nobody says in a shop. Apparel appears on labels and in company names far more than in speech.

Definitions of apparel

1nounapparelClothing, in formal or trade usage.B2+
“The apparel division made more than the footwear one.”

apparel is clothing.

Where it comes from

Old French apareillier meant to prepare or fit out, from Latin ad plus par, equal.

Old French
apareillier
English, today
apparel

From Old French apareillier. a doublet of parrel.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

apparel in the wild

The company also produces a line of apparel for young women, under the Roxy brand.
Quiksilver
Another line of apparel for women is sold under the brand Quiksilver Women.
Quiksilver
Sole Technology, Inc., known informally as Sole Tech, is an American footwear and apparel company, specializing in skate shoe design, production and distribution.
Sole Technology
Designer clothing refers to apparel created by a specific fashion designer or licensed by a person or brand.
Designer clothing
Designer clothing includes a wide range of apparel, such as designer jeans, which can often cost several hundred dollars.
Designer clothing

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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