livery
/ˈlɪv(ə)ɹi/ noun C2- 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. · The airline's new livery received a mixed reaction from the press.
- 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.
Plural liveries
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For a minute or two she stood looking at the house, and wondering what to do next, when suddenly a footman in livery came running out of the wood—(she considered him to be a footman because he was in livery: otherwise, judging by his face only, she would have called him a fish)—and rapped loudly at the door with his knuckles.
It was opened by another footman in livery, with a round face, and large eyes like a frog; and both footmen, Alice noticed, had powdered hair that curled all over their heads.
Elizabeth, immediately recognizing the livery, guessed what it meant, and imparted no small degree of surprise to her relations, by acquainting them with the honour which she expected.
The horses were post; and neither the carriage, nor the livery of the servant who preceded it, were familiar to them.
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