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# livery

noun (a livery, liveries)

«livery» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A special uniform worn by servants of a great house or by members of a company or guild in the past. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#m3)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#x1)
- Two footmen in livery stood at the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#x2)
- The trains have a new red and white livery. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#x4)
- Grandad keeps his horse at a livery yard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#x5)
- The servants' livery showed which family they worked for. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#x6)
- He was dressed in court livery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/#x7)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «livery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«livery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/livery.html) on Mova free.