From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
garment
n : an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"
v : provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe,
enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, habilitate, {fit
out}, apparel] [ant: undress]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Garment \Gar"ment\, n. [OE. garnement, OF. garnement, garniment,
fr. garnir to garnish. See Garnish.]
Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.
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No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto old garment.
--Matt. ix.
16.
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