仕し着きせ

noun

livery; servant's uniform provided by employer

Historical term for clothing given to servants by their master, especially in the Edo period. Often associated with the practice of providing seasonal garments. The prefixed form お仕着せ is more common in modern references.

See also: お仕着せ

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、商しょう家かでは奉ほう公こう人にんに年としに二に回かい仕し着きせを支し給きゅうした。

  In the Edo period, merchant houses provided their servants with livery twice a year.

• この博はく物ぶつ館かんには、当とう時じの仕し着きせが展てん示じされている。

  This museum displays livery from that era.