apparel /əˈpæ.ɹəl/noun 4verb 3forms 5 noun4 •Clothing. •Furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc. •(figurative) Aspect, guise, form.At public devotions, her winning modesty, her resigned carriage, made virtue and religion appear with new ornaments, and in the natural apparel of simplicity and beauty. — 1709 •A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments. verb3 •To dress or clothe; to attire.They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts. — 1568 •To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamentaltrees appareled with flowersa garden appareled with greenery •To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.ships appareled to fight formsappareled · apparelled · appareling · apparelling · apparels