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Accoutrement

//əˈku.tɚ.mənt// noun

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Noun

1
A soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform. in-plural
"Thus One / Jovial his Mate bespoke; O Friend, observe, / How gay with all th'Accoutrements of War / The Britons come, with Gold well fraught they come"
2
clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing wordnet
3
An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory. in-plural
"To me ſhe's married, not vnto my cloathes: / Could I repaire what ſhe will weare in me, / As I can change theſe poore accoutrements, / 'Twere well for Kate, and better for my ſelfe."
4
An identifying yet superficial characteristic. broadly
"By the summer of 1964 they had achieved the bigger house on the better street and the familiar accouterments of a family on its way up: the $30,000 a year, the three children for the Christmas card, the picture window, the family room, […]"
5
The act of accoutering; furnishing. archaic

Etymology

Probably partly from Middle French accoustrement, acoustrement, acoutrement (French accoutrement), from accoustrer, from Old French acostrer (“arrange, sew up”), and partly from accoutre + -ment. First attested in the 1540s.

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