Friday, December 12, 2008

Habiliment?

ha⋅bil⋅i⋅ment

[huh-bil-uh-muhnt]
–noun
1. Usually, habiliments.
a. clothes or clothing.
b. clothes as worn in a particular profession, way of life, etc.
2. habiliments, accouterments or trappings.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (h)abylement < class="ital-inline">habillement, equiv. to habill(er), abill(ier) to trim a log, hence, dress, prepare

Thank you, Mr. Noah Webster.

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