Habiliment, n. — Webster enters it under “habiliment”
Etymology: [F. habillement, fr. habiller to dress, clothe, orig., to make fit, make ready, fr. habile apt, skillful, L. habilis. See Habile.]
1. A garment; an article of clothing. Camden.
2. pl.
Dress, in general. Shak.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for habiliments; he lists it under dress.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.