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# livery

«livery» in Mova's school dictionary: **A special uniform worn by servants of a great house or by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a livery, liveries)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A special uniform worn by servants of a great house or by members of a company or guild in the past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#m1)

2) The colours and design of a company's vehicles: «the airline's livery». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#m2)

3) (livery stable / livery yard) A place where horses are kept and fed for their owners, or hired out, for payment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland the Fish-Footman and the Frog-Footman are «in livery», like footmen of a rich house; Alice thinks one is a fish because of his face. In history, rich families had servants in matching livery. Today buses, trains and planes have a livery of company colours. Phrases: «in livery», «livery stable».

### examples

- The footman wore a smart livery with gold buttons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#x1)
- Two footmen in livery stood at the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#x2)
- The trains have a new red and white livery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#x3)
- The Fish-Footman was in livery, though he looked like a fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#x4)
- Grandad keeps his horse at a livery yard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#x5)
- The servants' livery showed which family they worked for. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#x6)
- He was dressed in court livery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#x7)

### note

Countable. Plural: liveries. Not related to «liver» (the body organ) or «delivery».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «livery» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.