Livery

liv′ėr-i, n. the dre or uniform worn by servants, esp. men-servants: a dre peculiar to certain persons or things, as in the trade-guilds of London: any characteristic dre : the being kept and fed at a certain rate, as horses at livery: the whole body of liverymen in London: ( orig. ) the distinctive dre worn by the household of a king or nobleman, so called because delivered or given at regular periods.— adj. Liv′eried , clothed in livery.— ns. Liv′ery-com′pany , a guild of the city of London; Liv′eryman , a man who wears a livery: a freeman of the city of London entitled to wear the livery and enjoy other privileges of his company; Liv′ery-ser′vant , a servant who wears a livery; Liv′ery-stā′ble , a stable where horses and vehicles are kept for hire.— Sue one's livery ( Shak. ), to ask for the writ delivering a freehold into the po e ion of its heir. [Fr. livrée — livrer —L. liberāre , to free.]