garment
Other forms: garments; garmented; garmenting
A garment is a piece of clothing. The area of New York City where clothes are manufactured is known as the Garment District.
Derived from the French word for "equipment," garment is a somewhat generic term you can use when the specific kind of clothing you're describing is not the point. A dress, for example, is a dress, and pants are pants. They are not the same thing, unless you refer to them both as garments, in which case they are the same thing.
Definitions of garment
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an article of clothing“garments of the finest silk”types:burka, burqaa loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistancamleta garment made of camlet fabricdiaper, napkin, nappygarment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrementfura garment made of the dressed hairy coat of a mammalhaick, haikan outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth; worn by men and women in northern Africahand-me-downoutgrown garment passed down from one person to anotherhoseman's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doubletironinggarments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironedkanzu(Swahili) a long garment (usually white) with long sleeves; worn by men in East Africaleg covering, legging, leginga garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)body suit, cat suit, leotard, unitarda tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles); worn by ballet dancers and acrobats for practice or performancemendinggarments that must be repairedmotleya garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)neckweararticles of clothing worn about the neckpeplos, peplum, peplusa garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waistraglana garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleevesreversiblea garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out (with either side of the cloth showing)robeany loose flowing garmentromper, romper suita one-piece garment for children to wear at play; the lower part is shaped like bloomerssackclotha garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorsescapular, scapularygarment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habitscarfa garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decorationsealskina garment (as a jacket or coat or robe) made of sealskinseparatea garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garmentsshirta garment worn on the upper half of the bodysilksthe brightly colored garments of a jockey; emblematic of the stableskirta garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and womenstomachergarment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th centurystraightjacket, straitjacketa garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent personsuit, suit of clothesa set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and colorsunsuita child's garment consisting of a brief top and shortsbathing costume, bathing suit, swimming costume, swimsuit, swimweartight fitting garment worn for swimmingtrousera garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trouserspant, trouser(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separatelywet suita close-fitting garment made of a permeable material; worn in cold water (as by skin divers) to retain body heatwraparounda garment (as a dress or coat) with a full length opening; adjusts to the body by wrapping aroundabaa loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabsabaya(Arabic) a loose black robe from head to toe; traditionally worn by Muslim womenbathrobea loose-fitting robe of towelling; worn after a bath or swimbell-bottoms, bellbottom pants, bellbottom trouserstrousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960sbody stockinga one-piece tight-fitting undergarment for women that covers the torso (and may have sleeves and legs)bulletproof vesta vest capable of resisting the impact of a bulletbusiness suita suit of clothes traditionally worn by businessmencamisea loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Agescardigana knitted sweater that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipperchadar, chaddar, chador, chuddara cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu womenchap, chaps(usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legschinotrousers made with chino clothchuridarstight trousers worn by people from the Indian subcontinent (typically with a kameez or kurta)cloaka loose outer garmentcoatan outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoorscravatneckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in frontculottea divided skirtdhotia long loincloth worn by Hindu mendouble-breasted suita suit with a double-breasted jacketdress shirt, evening shirta man's white shirt (with a starch front) for evening wear (usually with a tuxedo)face veila piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the facefichua lightweight triangular scarf worn by a womanflannel, gabardine, tweed, white(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white clothfoundation, foundation garmenta woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the bodyfull skirta long skirt gathered at the waistgaiterlegging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the anklegarter belt, suspender belta wide belt of elastic with straps hanging from it; worn by women to hold up stockingsgathered skirta skirt whose fabric is drawn together around the waistgrass skirta skirt made of long blades of grasshair shirtan uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penancehobble skirta long skirt very narrow below the knees, worn between 1910 and 1914izara voluminous cotton outer garment (usually white) traditionally worn by Muslim women of northern Africa and the Middle East; covers the entire bodyblue jean, denim, jean(usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wearjodhpur breeches, jodhpurs, riding breechesflared pants ending at the calves and worn with riding bootskerchiefa square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neckkilta knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotlandkimonoa loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by Japanesekurtaa loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama)lambrequina scarf that covers a knight's helmetlavalavaa skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton; worn by Polynesians (especially Samoans)mantillaa woman's silk or lace scarfmaxia long skirt ending below the calfmufflera scarf worn around the necknecktie, tieneckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the frontoverskirtan outer skirt worn over another skirtpajama, pyjamaa pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countriespantaloontrousers worn in former timespatkaa scarf worn by Sikh menpinstripea suit made from a fabric with very thin stripesputteea strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War Irebozoa long woolen or linen scarf covering the head and shoulders (also used as a sling for holding a baby); traditionally worn by Latin-American womensablea scarf (or trimming) made of sablesalwar, shalwara pair of light loose trousers with a tight fit around the ankles; worn by women from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a kameez)saronga loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacificsingle-breasted suita suit having a single-breasted jacketslacks(usually in the plural) pants for casual wearslack suitcasual dress consisting of slacks and matching jacketsnowsuita child's overgarment for cold weatherstolea wide scarf worn about their shouldersstretch pantstrousers made of a stretchy fabrictank topa tight-fitting sleeveless shirt with wide shoulder straps and low neck and no front opening; often worn over a shirt or blousetrewstight-fitting trousers; usually of tartantudunga scarf worn around the head by Muslim women in Malaysia; conceals the hair but not the faceunderpantsan undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skinunderclothes, underclothing, underwearundergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garmentswork-shirtheavy-duty shirts worn for manual or physical workzoot suita flashy suit of extreme cuttype of:article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearablea covering designed to be worn on a person's body
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provide with clothes or put clothes ontypes:jacketput a jacket onfrockput a frock onshirtput a shirt onhabitput a habit onvestureprovide or cover with a cloakunderdressdress without sufficient warmthcorsetdress with a corsetshoefurnish with shoescoatcover or provide with a coatgowndress in a gownaccessorizeprovide with small, decorative articles of clothing, jewelry, etc.type of:
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