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Apparale, -all, Apperrell, n. Also: aparaile, apparaill, -aylle; aparale; ap-, apparele, appareill; apparrall, appar(r)ell; apper(r)all, ap-, apperell. [ME. aparail(e, apparaill(e, etc. (14th c.), OF. aparail, -eil. In early use stressed on the last syllable.]

1. Preparation(s); things prepared or provided; apparatus, equipment, material.(a) 1375 Barb. xi. 81 (E).
Certis hard I neuir say, That Inglis men mar aparaile Maid, then thai did for that bataill Ib. xvii. 214.
Men and vittaill And alkynd othir apparaill … Till hald castell or toune of wer c1420 Wynt. ii. 1390.
[Thai] tuk wp all thare apparaylle That was left … Quhare that batayll strykyne wes(b) 1375 Barb. xvii. 241.
Till mak aparale For till defend and till assale Castell of wer or than cite Ib. 293.
Schot and othir apparale a1400 Leg. S. xxxiv. 75.
The apparale of a day … Has ourcumyne hale the slycht [etc.] c1420 Wynt. ix. 455.
Off Frawns then the Amyrale Wyth fayre and joly apparale … At Leth … arryvyd 1513 Doug. i. xi. 8.
Amang provd tapetis and mych rych apparale Hir place scho tuke(c) a1400 Leg. S. xxxiii. 914.
Than thai schupe thaim it to ta, & tharfor gret aparele can ma c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1819.
He … Come with schippes gret copy, … And with richt mychti apparele Ib. 3037.
He gaif him all the apparele That to his passage nedis hale 1570 Leslie 71.
In appareill, riche juellis [etc.](d) 1375 Barb. xi. 118.
Cartis … that chargit war Of palȝeonys … And apparall of chalmyr and hall 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 31.
Bringing with thame greit apparell of cordis to murther thame a1578 Pitsc. I. 367/20.
Ane dowssane [horse] … witht all bairding and wther apparell 1613 7th Rep. Hist. MSS. 723/2.
Sum intended preparations for apparrell and wairning of freinds(e) a1578 Pitsc. I. 359/19.
Ane fair palice royall witht all costlie ornamentis and apperall 1587 Edinb. Test. XVIII. 67.
Ane auld schip … with his apperrellis, monitioun & furnitour

2. Apparel, attire, raiment.(b) c1420 Wynt. vii. 1994.
Hys body oure wes cled all hale In honest kyngys aparale c1450-2 Howlat 125; Ib. 230.
That was the proper pape-jaye, provde in his apparale(d) c1500-c1512 Dunb. liv. 11.]
[Implied in apperrall rhyming with barrell 15.. Clar. v. 1787.
Whois radious rich apparrall brightlie schone With emerand and pearle c1552 Lynd. Mon. 5916.
The princely pomp nor apparell Off Pape, Byschope, nor Cardinall … That day sall nocht regardit be 1558-66 Knox II. 389.
The ladyes who war thair sitting in all thair gorgiouse apparell 1581 Acts III. 220/2.
That nane … sall … vse or weir in thair cleithing or apparrell, … onie clayth of gold or siluer(e) 1570 Leslie 152.
Sumptuouse apperall; and mony … riche juellis 1585 Acts III. 402/1.
Diuers debtis that he contractit … for his hienes apperrell to merchantis 1661 Irvine Mun. II. 49.
Sume decent … sort of habeit, aperrell, and heid attyre for the wemen 1661 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 465.
For apperell furnished to his boy 1662 Ellon Presb. 170.
That they use apperrell beseming their degrees