livery

C1 · Advanced Uncountable noun Formal

n. a special uniform worn by servants or workers, like a driver or a hotel doorman.

n. a distinctive uniform worn by male household servants or certain officials, often indicating the status of the employer.

“The hotel doorman was dressed in a traditional green livery with gold buttons.”

“In the nineteenth century, the family's coachman was required to wear the house livery whenever he drove the carriage through the city.”

C2 · Proficiency Uncountable noun British English

n. the business of looking after and feeding other people's horses for a fee.

n. the keeping and feeding of horses for a fixed charge; also refers to the stable where such horses are kept.

“She pays for full livery so that the stable staff exercise her horse every day.”

“The estate includes a large stable block that provides livery for local riders who lack their own grazing land.”

C2 · Proficiency Uncountable noun Law Archaic · Technical · Formal

n. the legal act of handing over property to a new owner.

n. the legal delivery of property, especially land, into the possession of a new owner.

“The ancient ceremony involved the livery of land by handing over a piece of turf.”

“The historical concept of 'livery of seisin' required a public handover of the property to make the transfer legally binding.”