vêtement

le vêtement (FR N-M) clothing, any of the objects fabricated for the purpose of covering, hiding, protecting, or adorning the human body. From an anonymous French source »Traité non moins utile que délectable sur les habits, moeurs, cérémonies, façons de faire anciennes et modernes du Monde« (1601): »Clothing serves to cover our shame at nudity, and to protect the body against intemperances of the atmosphere: cold and heat.« Animal skins and furs were probably the first protective coverings to…