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The dignified word clothing uses when it wants to sound important in a legal document.
means A piece of clothing, especially one considered as a single item.
from Garment comes from Old French 'garniment,' meaning equipment or outfitting, rooted in 'garnir' — to furnish, equip, or fit out (the same root that gives us 'garnish'). The idea was less 'cloth' and more 'the stuff you're outfitted with,' which is how a word for military-style equipping ended up meaning a shirt.
- same root
- garnish and garment share the furnishing ancestor
- legal favorite
- tax and customs codes love the word garment
- industry term
- garment district, garment worker, never shirt district
- singular focus
- a garment is one piece, not a whole outfit