LIVERY


Meaning of LIVERY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

blue

I was ringed by men, some in armour, and recognised the blue and mustard livery of the City of London.

The fingerboard is rosewood with the somewhat imposing lightning bolt inlays which share the blue livery chosen for this particular model.

A number of London United cars were broken up including at least one still in blue livery .

This new locomotive was an impressive machine gleaming in its blue livery not quite complete with lining but ready for action.

green

During the War, a predominantly green livery was carried, seen here in this 1950 line-up at Fleetwood Ferry. 4.

The mainly green livery was adopted during the War, but lasted until 1959 on some cars.

This locomotive has reverted to its original two-tone green livery , which the class first appeared in back in the early 1960s.

red

It still wore its fire-engine red livery .

The first unit in the Malpensa Express red livery was unveiled on March 12.

It was protected by yeomen of the guard wearing the royal red and gold livery .

Only one fault-Carlisle was in a red livery , which she never wore.

The ex-Company cars were given Corporation numbers 101-141, and were gradually repainted in Blackpool's red and white livery .

A start was now made in painting the company's trams and buses in the UndergrounD Group's red and white livery .

■ NOUN

stable

We went next door to the livery stable and woke up the owner, who was sleeping on the porch.

I reined in the horse, turned around, and went back to the livery stable .

The room was still dark, and behind me, the livery stable was quiet.

I heard the men shouting in the livery stable .

Frank, I thought, must be taking his bath in the livery stable .

The metal trim on the livery stable was gleaming like molten brass.

But I went to the livery stable and asked Mr Emmett if I could hire a horse for four or five hours.

■ VERB

wear

A serjeant-at-arms wearing the royal livery stopped them and asked their business before allowing them through.

It still wore its fire-engine red livery .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a livery cab

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Bicycle liveries are located throughout downtown and at some hotels.

I heard the men shouting in the livery stable.

The fingerboard is rosewood with the somewhat imposing lightning bolt inlays which share the blue livery chosen for this particular model.

The first unit in the Malpensa Express red livery was unveiled on March 12.

The metal trim on the livery stable was gleaming like molten brass.

Then the war heroes came back home and bumped Lucky out ofhis place at the livery .

When taken over by London Transport in July 1933, at first these cars became 31E-55E still in Croydon livery .

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