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garment

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Searchable Lemmata: garment (AF), garnement (AF), garnement (ME), garmen (L), garmentum (L), garment (OScots), garment (MdE).
Alternate Forms: garement, garementz, garlement, garmense, garment, garmentes, garmentz, garnament, garnemens, garnemens, garnementes, garnementes, garnementz.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(n.) Armour; defence, protection, etc. With ref. to dress: armour, defensive equipment.(circa 1200)
1. Bels sunt ly garnement dont le roy est armez Heroic, Historic, Poetic, Romance. [AND Rom Chev ANTS (3064) circa 1175/1200]
2. Archers e sergantz, armes e garnemenz Heroic, Historic, Poetic, Romance. [AND Rom Chev ANTS (4259) circa 1175/1200]
3. A tant sunt lur garnemens venuz, Ore s’en arment li princes e li ducs Heroic, Poetic, Romance. [AND Boeve (3210) circa 1200/1250]
c.f.: warnement, garnison
AF.
Sex: Male    Use: Military    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
1b(n.) Garment; article of dress, clothing, etc.; especially an outer garment (coat, cloak, gown, etc.); also used figuratively.(ante 1170 still in current use)
1. [2143] ... Or volt li reis de ceste terre Trover e dras e guarnement ... [2146] ... cendals purpres e bis Biblical/Hagiographic. [AND S Gile (2143-6) circa 1160]
2. Treis jurs entiers retint Davi ces gens A grant despenses de vin e de pimens, Mult lur donat chivals e garnemens (var. garnemenz) , Dras de pris e bons vasselemenz Biblical/Hagiographic, Poetic. [AND Anc Test ((B) 9379) 1200/1300]
3. ount ... taillez robes, jopons et autres garnementz Legal. [AND Blk Bk Ston (i 98.22) 1388/1620]
4. I the mantell tok ... And for that it was hevy so, Me thoghte it was no garnement..To clothen him the somer tide Philosophy, Poetic. [MED Gower CA Suppl. ((Hnt EL 26.A.17) 5.144/7189*) circa 1391]
5. [32] ... Þei gon full nobely arrayed in clothes of gold, orfrayed [F aoernez des orfraies] & apparayled with grete perles & precyous stones ... [35+] ... Þei gon all bare fote & clothed in euyll garnementes, large wyde but þei ben schorte to the knees & longe sleves doun to the feet lych a Monkes frokke(dating uncertain. work: c1400) [MED Mandev.(1) ((Tit C.16) 101/32-37) ante 1425]
6. Our lady, clothid in a garnement Sleuelees, byfore him he sy appeere ... `What garnament is this and hath no sleeue?' Vision. (dating uncertain) [MED Hoccl.Mir.Virg. ((Hnt HM 744) 30,35) ante 1430]
7. tabarde, cloke, hopelond, chaperon, pilion, chapelet et autre garment (var. garnementz) ové manches longez, largez et bien tailez [AND Liber Donati ((D) 25.296) circa 1400/1500]
8. Item, autres divers garnementz des armes le dit Pieres, ovek les alettes garniz & frettez de perles ... Item, une grosse garnette, e un saphir petit sur mesme le baston ... Item, sur un autre baston, deux rubiz, deux saphirs, un gernette, un cristal ... Item, deux peires de jambers de feer, ventz et noveauz ... Item, un autre chesible, tunicle, dalmaticle, dosser frontal de un drap de vert, poudré de oiseaus & de poissons d’or Accounts. (citations from individual page of text may not appear in original order) [AND Foedera (ii 203) post 1255]
c.f.: warnement
AF, ME, MdE, OScots.
Sex: Male, Female, Infant    Use: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
1c(n.) Garment; articles of clothing (collectively or in the plural); a suit of clothing; attire.(circa 1400 ?)
1. Þe quen ... bliue dede hem baþe ... & greiþed hem gaili in garnemens riche Heroic, Poetic, Romance. [MED WPal. ((KC 13) 3207) ante 1375]
2. He sente hem forth seluerles in a somer garnement Poetic, Vision. (work: ?a1387) [MED PPl.C ((Hnt HM 137) 10.119) circa 1400]
3. Mayntene thysilf aftir thi rent, Of robe and eke of garnement [F De robes et de chauncemente] Poetic, Romance. (work: ?a1400) [MED RRose ((Htrn 409) 2256) ante 1425]
4. Hys garnement ... Was of lyne cloth al whyt. Philosophy. (work: ?a1430) [MED Lydg.Pilgr. ((Vit C.13) 1399) ante 1475]
AF, ME, MdE, OScots; Primarily Philosophy.
Sex: Male, Female, Infant    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Old French garniment, garnement (equipment, armour, clothing, etc).
WF:
Etym Cog: garniment (OF), garnement (OF).
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