[Bryn-gwlad] Garb again

[Eric W. Brown]

I sent this yesterday, but apparently it was too large to get posted automatically...


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Just because I was bored...and had the site up already 
(More fun with etymology)

 

clothes (clothing) 1200

O.E. claðas "clothes," originally pl. of clað "cloth," which acquired a new pl., cloths, 19c. to distinguish it from this word. Clothespin is from 1846; clothing is from c.1200; clothier is from 1362. Clothes-horse "upright wooden frame for hanging clothes to dry" is from 1806; figurative sense of "person whose sole function seems to be to show off clothes" is 1850. 

 

 

apparel 1250

c.1250, "to equip (in any way)," from O.Fr. apareillier, from V.L. *appariculare, from L. apparare "prepare, make ready" (see apparatus), or from V.L. *ad-particulare "to put things together." The meaning "to attire in proper clothing" is from 1362; noun sense of "personal outfit or attire" is from 1330. 

 

raiment  1440

c.1440, shortening of arayment "clothing," from Anglo-Fr. araiement, from O.Fr. areement, from areer "to array" (see array). 

 

 

 

So clothes appears only to be period after 1200ad ish... the others above are all period too...

 

Surprisingly though... Duds, appears to be FAR more period than "Garb"

 

dud 1307 (Duds 1508)

1307, dudde "cloak, mantle," later duds "ragged clothing" (1508), of uncertain origin. Extended c.1825 to "person in ragged clothing," in 1897 to "counterfeit thing," and 1908 to "useless, inefficient person or thing." This led naturally in WWI to "shell which fails to explode," and thence to "expensive failure." 

 

 

Which I found _Highly_ amusing.

 

 

But Dress, as in a piece of women's clothing is Right out!

 

dress (n.) 1606

1606, originally any clothing, especially that appropriate to rank or to some ceremony; sense of "woman's garment" is first recorded 1638, with overtones of "made not merely to clothe but to adorn." Dressing "bandage" is first recorded 1713. Dress rehearsal first recorded 1828. 

 

Although as in to put on clothes is okay...

 

dress (v.) 1330

c.1330, "make straight," from O.Fr. dresser "put right, put straight," from V.L. *directiare, from L. directus "direct, straight." Sense of "decorate, adorn" is c.1380; that of "put on clothing" c. 1395. Original sense survives in military meaning "align columns of troops." Dress up "attire elaborately" is from 1674; dressing down "wearing clothes less formal than expected" is from 1960. To dress (someone) down (1769) is ironical. To dress meat or other food (for cooking) is 14c. Dressing-gown first recorded 1777.

 

As a side note, apparently, These also are post period as well...

 

blouse 1828

1828, from Fr., "workman's or peasant's smock" (1788), origin unknown. Perhaps akin to Prov. (lano) blouso "short (wool)." Another suggestion is that it is from M.L. pelusia, from Pelusium, a city in Upper Egypt, supposedly a clothing manufacturing center in the Middle Ages. 

 

shawl 1662

1662, originally of a type of scarf worn in Asia, from Urdu and other Indian languages, from Pers. shal, sometimes said to be named for Shaliat, town in India where it was first manufactured. Cf. Fr. châle, Sp. chal, It. scialle, Ger. Shawl (from Eng.), Rus. shal, all ult. from the same source. As the name of an article of clothing worn by Western women, it is recorded from 1767. 

 

 

 

I'm TOTALLY walking up to Clothing Laurels now and saying "Nice Duds".... See if they get it... :)

 

Heh heh heh....

 

Cal-