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Definition of Accouterment
1. Noun. Clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing.
Specialized synonyms: Belt, Furnishing, Trappings
Generic synonyms: Article Of Clothing, Clothing, Habiliment, Vesture, Wear, Wearable
Derivative terms: Accessorial
Definition of Accouterment
1. Noun. The act of accoutering. ¹
2. Noun. An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory. ¹
3. Noun. (context: pluralonly) apparatus needed for a task or journey. ¹
4. Noun. (context: military pluralonly) Equipment other than weapons and uniform. ¹
5. Noun. (context: pluralonly) trappings. ¹
6. Noun. An identifying yet superficial characteristic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Accouterment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accouterment
Literary usage of Accouterment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Committees by United States Congress. Senate (1885)
"States providing for commutation of clothing and accouterment; that payment has
not been made by the United States for loss of horses, arms, ..."
2. The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz, Frederic Bancroft, William Archibald Dunning (1908)
"The rest of the accouterment consisted of spears and scythes fastened to the top
of poles. As a Commissioner, I was distinguished by a tricolored sash and a ..."
3. A Study of the Short Story by Henry Seidel Canby (1913)
"and wore in the most elegant accouterment -even while traveling. She paused—started,
as if his yellow boots had conveyed some shocking meaning—and glanced ..."
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