Worn uniform
A uniform that shows years of service — a role expressed in the wear of its own cloth.
A worn uniform in a dream is the dream's image of a role expressed in the cloth that has spent years inside it. The new uniform is a claim; the worn one is a record. The dream brings the worn uniform when something in your life — a long tenure, an old vocation, a marriage of long service — is the kind of role that is now expressed less by announcement and more by the softening and fraying of the dedicated cloth. A worn uniform put on for the daily duty is the dream affirming the continuing work. A worn uniform folded and put away with the work unfinished is the dream noting that the role was set down before the cloth was, and the uniform now is going to be remembered for service it cannot complete.