Part of speech: Noun
clothing in general
Example: she was refined in her choice of apparel; he always bought his clothes at the same store; fastidious about his dress
Categories: Clothing, Article of clothing, Vesture, Wear, Wearable, Habiliment
Raiment, Garb, Clothe, Dress, Tog
The word "apparel" comes from Old French apareillier.
For 300 years after 1066, French was the language of English courts and nobility.