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Accoutrements

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ac⋅cou⋅ter⋅ment

  [uh-koo-ter-muhnt, -truh-]
–noun
1. personal clothing, accessories, etc.
2. the equipment, excluding weapons and clothing, of a soldier.
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Also, especially British, ac⋅cou⋅tre⋅ment.

Origin:
1540–50; < MF accou(s)trement. See accouter, -ment
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ac·cou·ter·ment or ac·cou·tre·ment   (ə-kōō'tər-mənt, -trə-)   
n.  

  1. An accessory item of equipment or dress. Often used in the plural.

  2. Military equipment other than uniforms and weapons. Often used in the plural.

  3. accouterments or accoutrements Outward forms of recognition; trappings: cathedral ceilings, heated swimming pools, and other accoutrements signaling great wealth.

  4. Archaic The act of accoutering.

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Word Origin & History

accoutrements 
1549, from M.Fr. accoustrement, from accoustrer, probably from O.Fr. acostrer "arrange," originally "sew up," from *consutura "a sewing," from L. consutus, pp. of consuere "to sew together," from con- + suere "to sew" (see suture).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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