Livery

Word LIVERY
Character 6
Hyphenation liv er y
Pronunciations /ˈlɪv.ə.ɹɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Livery"

What do we mean by livery?

A distinctive uniform worn by the male servants of a household. noun

The distinctive dress worn by the members of a particular group; uniform. noun

The costume or insignia worn by the retainers of a feudal lord. noun

The boarding and care of horses for a fee. noun

The hiring out of horses and carriages. noun

A livery stable. noun

A business that offers vehicles, such as automobiles or boats, for hire. noun

Official delivery of property, especially land, to a new owner. noun

Resembling the liver: as, a livery color, texture, etc.

Delivery; allowance; grant; permission. noun

In law: The act of giving possession; delivery. noun

The charter or deed of possession accompanying the delivery. noun

Release from constraint or control; deliverance. noun

Delivery (of blows). noun

An allowance of food or other provisions statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc. noun

Keeping on a certain or regular allowance at a certain rate; regular keeping and attendance: now used only of horses: as, to keep a horse at livery. noun

A regular distribution of uniform garments, badges, etc., to any body of men; hence, a uniform style prescribed for the dress of a body of servants, followers, or associates. noun

A badge, cognizance, garment, or entire costume of uniform fashion formerly marking the retainers of a feudal lord, the followers of a military superior, or the members of a company, as a gild or corporation; at the present time, the dress worn by servants, especially men servants, when of peculiar fashion and indicating whom it is that they serve. noun

Figuratively, any characteristic dress, or a dress assumed for or worn upon a particular occasion; hence, characteristic covering or outward appearance: as, the livery of May or of autumn. noun

Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.

The whole body of liverymen, members of livery companies.

The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles.

A taxicab or limousine.

The delivery of property from one owner to the next.

The writ by which property is obtained.

The rental of horses or carriages; the rental of canoes; the care and/or boarding of horses for money.

A stable that keeps horses or carriages for rental.

An allowance of food; a ration, as given out to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.

Release from wardship; deliverance.

A low grade of wool.

Outward markings, fittings or appearance

Synonyms and Antonyms for Livery

The word "livery" in example sentences

Planter raises them, and sends Rosa off, R.H. Enter Four Servants in livery, with apparatus for shooting. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Except at public functions, the last time I saw a footman in livery was in 1921. ❋ Unknown (1944)

Katrinka followed the messenger through the dusky corridors of the theater, through several stately rooms and up a broad flight of stairs, at the top of which two footmen in livery stood on guard. ❋ Unknown (1915)

It will be sold in livery stables and up back lanes, and be carried in coal-oil cans, and labeled "gopher-poison." ❋ Unknown (1915)

Servants in livery hurried about attending the arrival of guests. ❋ Pauline Elizabeth (1902)

At last I suggested that some one should go immediately to a certain German livery stable in the city and hire two coaches, and that several colored men should go out in buggies and take the women and children from their hiding-places, then that the coaches and buggies should form a procession as if going to a funeral, and march solemnly along the road leading to Cumminsville, on the west side of Mill Creek. ❋ Unknown (1903)

At last I suggested that some one should go immediately to a certain German livery stable in the city and hire two coaches, and that several colored men should go out in buggies and take the women and children from their hiding-places, then that the coaches and buggies should ❋ Unknown (1880)

We generally hired these teams from a certain German livery stable, sending some irresponsible though honest colored man to procure them, and always sending the money to pay for them in advance. ❋ Unknown (1880)

Whenever she flung out a scornful speech like that at these French menials in English livery it lashed them into a rage; and that is what happened this time. ❋ Mark Twain (1872)

A man in livery, upon a well-groomed horse – nothing more, but rather an uncommon sight with us. ❋ Unknown (1869)

There, the leather pouch being delivered to a footman in livery, and unlocked by a superior being who wore no livery, its contents were consigned to the lady's-maid, to be carried into the sacred precincts of "my lady's dressing-room." ❋ Unknown (1851)

Nor are you driven by a coachman clothed in German livery, but by a man bearded and mittened. ❋ Unknown (1842)

From their Park Slope home they called the livery cab. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At last I suggested that some one should go immediately to a certain German livery stable in the city and hire two coaches, and that several colored men should go out in buggies and take the women and children from their hiding-places, then that the coaches and buggies should form a procession as if going to a funeral, and march solemnly along the road leading to Cumminsville, on the west side of Mill ❋ Unknown (2010)

One note on semantics: The paint scheme of any airliner (special or not) is known as "livery" -- more specifically, airlines have "liveries", and gthe airliners are painted in it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of her great-grandmothers gave seated dinners for 125 guests, “one course after another, with a footman in livery standing behind each chair”: “She never put on her own shoes – her lady’s maid did that.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the East it would have been called a livery stable. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

I thought the fainting figure resembled my friend Sir ROGER; and looking at the butler, who stood by me, for an account of it, he informed me that the person in the livery was a servant of Sir ROGER'S, who stood on the shore while his master was swimming, and observing him taken with some sudden illness, and sink under water, jumped in and saved him. ❋ Various (N/A)

He was the only well-dressed one in the crowd, but his livery was the same as theirs. ❋ Ruth Pierce (N/A)

His words were interrupted by the appearance of a man in livery. ❋ Unknown (1915)

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