I. ˈgärmənt, ˈgȧm- noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English garment, garnement, from Middle French garnement, garniment article of clothing or armor, from Old French, from garnir to equip, prepare + -ment — more at garnish
1.
a. : an article of outer clothing (as a coat or dress) usually exclusive of accessories
b. : an article of underclothing ; specifically : foundation garment
a garment that gives you the bust and waistline contours the new fashions demand — McCall's
2. : the outward dress in which something is seen
clothe his ideas in a garment of reality — Bertrand Russell
our birch in its spring garment — Richard Semon
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to clothe with or as if with a garment — used chiefly in past participle
went about oddly garmented — W.J.Ghent
garmented in high poetry — G.C.Sellery