In a place weary men took initial dressing (10)

I believe the answer is:

attirement

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'dressing' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'in a place weary men took initial' is the wordplay.
'in a place' becomes 'at' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'weary' becomes 'tire' (synonyms).
'initial' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'took' is 't'.
'at'+'tire'+'men'+'t'='ATTIREMENT'

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