garment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A piece of clothing.

   Each garment is carefully checked before it leaves the factory.

2. 2
   verb

   To dress or clothe someone (formal).

   The statue was garmented in flowing robes.

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.

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