Definition of: livery

(liv′ər·ē) noun plural ·er·ies
1. A particular dress or uniform worn by servants.
2. The distinguishing dress of any association or organization.
3. Formerly, the dress or badge peculiar to a retainer of a feudal baron or knight.
4. Any characteristic dress, covering or outward appearance: trees in the livery of spring.
5. The stabling and care of horses for compensation, as at a boarding stable.
6. Law Delivery, as of lands.
7. U.S. A livery stable. [<OF livree gift of clothes by a master to a servant <livrer deliver, free <L liberare free <liber free]