Meaning

• Clothing.

• Aspect, guise, form.

• A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.

• The furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.

Meaning

• To dress or clothe; to attire.

• To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.

  "ships appareled to fight"

• To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental

  "a garden appareled with greenery"