livery

liv·e·ry /ˈlɪvəri/ noun (plural liveries)

1. [countableC, uncountableU] British EnglishBrEBAPD the colours and designs used by a company on its property and vehicles 〔用于公司财物和车辆上的〕彩色标志

2. [countableC, uncountableU]DC a special uniform worn by servants in past times 〔旧时仆人穿的〕制服

3 [uncountableU] the business of keeping and taking care of horses, especially in past times 〔尤指旧时马匹的〕代养业务

a livery stable

代养马房

Examples from the Corpus

livery• a livery cab• Bicycle liveries are located throughout downtown and at some hotels.• The fingerboard is rosewood with the somewhat imposing lightning bolt inlays which share the blue livery chosen for this particular model.• When taken over by London Transport in July 1933, at first these cars became 31E-55E still in Croydon livery.• The first unit in the Malpensa Express red livery was unveiled on March 12.• Then the war heroes came back home and bumped Lucky out ofhis place at the livery.• I heard the men shouting in the livery stable.• The metal trim on the livery stable was gleaming like molten brass.

From Longman Business Dictionary

liveryliv·e·ry /ˈlɪvəri/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] BrEMARKETING

the colours and designs used by a company on its property and vehicles

The rail company’s carriages were repainted in a two-tone brown livery.

Origin livery

(1300-1400) Old French livree “delivery”, from livrer “to deliver”, from Latin liberare; → LIBERATE

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