Comments on: Livery

By: Andre

Andre — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:28:13 +0000

I’m more confused then when I got here.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:18:25 +0000

Actually this doesn’t really explain anything at all. What people are looking for is the reasoning behind the decisions to implement or alter a word and/or its meaning and consequent application. How for example, did deliver come to mean moving or removing and item from one location to another, when it actually means to bind an indivual into some form of servitude/slavery. Livery means to set free, de-livery means to do the opposite, which is the endenture someone into servitude.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:44:48 +0000

This doesn’t really answer the question of where the phrase “livery stable” originated. Just saying it’s use as defining a stable started in the 15th century doesn’t answer why it started defining a stable at all.

By: Gemma

Gemma — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:53:26 +0000

Thanks for the explanation of this! I was just wondering how on earth “livery” (as in uniform, or used for branding/paint scheme described by the previous comment) was so similar to delivery and Google found me your answer.

By: Art.Yaffe

Art.Yaffe — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:53:06 +0000

A few years back when British Airways decided to repaint all of their aircraft, they announced that they had a “new livery”, and I think that the West Palm Beach Police once announced that new cruisers would have a “new livery”, but that might be a figment of my imagination.