Raiment vs Trappings - What's the difference?
raiment | trappings | Related terms |
(archaic, or, literary) Clothing, garments, dress, material.
* William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXII, 5,6.
* {{quote-book
, year = 1866
, first = Algernon
, last = Swinburne
, authorlink = Algernon Swinburne
, title = Aholibah
, section = lines 11-12
, passage = Strange raiment clad thee like a bride,
With silk to wear on hands and feet }}* {{quote-web
, date = 2006-12-24
, title = The Courtier's Reply
, first = PZ
, last = Myers
, authorlink = PZ Myers
, site =
, url = http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/12/the_courtiers_reply.php
, accessdate = 2011-10-30
, passage = We have entire schools dedicated to writing learned treatises on the beauty of the Emperor's raiment, and every major newspaper runs a section dedicated to imperial fashion...
}}
Clothing or equipment; that which gives the appearance of something.
Ornamental coverings or harnesses for a horse; caparisons.
Instances of trapping.
Raiment is a related term of trappings.
As nouns the difference between raiment and trappings
is that raiment is (archaic|or|literary) clothing, garments, dress, material while trappings is clothing or equipment; that which gives the appearance of something or trappings can be .raiment
English
Noun
(en noun)- ''For all that beauty that doth cover thee
- Is but the seemly raiment of my heart
With silk to wear on hands and feet }}
Anagrams
*trappings
English
Etymology 1
From (trapping).Noun
(en-plural noun)- He went through his belongings, gradually shedding the trappings of youth.
