Noun

(en noun)

(archaic, or, literary) Clothing, garments, dress, material.

* William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXII, 5,6.

''For all that beauty that doth cover thee

Is but the seemly raiment of my heart

* {{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... }}