noun [U]
1 (especially AmE) clothing, when it is being sold in shops/stores:
The store sells women's and children's apparel.
2 (old-fashioned or formal) clothes, particularly those worn on a formal occasion:
lords and ladies in fine apparel
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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