apparelling, -eling, vbl. n.
(əˈpærəlɪŋ)
[f. apparel v. + -ing1.]
1. The process of making ready or preparing, preparation (obs.); attiring, dressing, or adorning.
| c 1315 Shoreham 53 An apparyllynge, Thet hys in holy cherche y-cleped wel The furste scherynge Of clerke. c 1386 Chaucer Melib. ¶376 The longe appareiling biforn the bataille maketh short victorie. 1540 J. Heywood Four P's in Hazl. Dodsley I. 350 What causeth this: That women after their arising, Be so long in their apparelling? a 1649 Drummond of Hawthornden Wks. 161 The apparelling of truth. |
2. concr. Dress, attire; rigging, equipment.
| 1567 J. Maplet Gr. Forest 27 The sadde blew coloured flower, as is Calcedonie, hath bene taken of some for black, onely for their most like kinde of apparailing. 1795 Edinb. Advt. 6 Jan 15/3 For sale: The Brigantine..with her float boats and appareling. 1858 De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. Wks. II. 53 Transformation; or, if we prefer a Grecian to a Roman apparelling..metamorphosis. |