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accoutrement|əˈkuːtəmənt|
Also 6 accoustrament, 6–7 accustre-, accutre-, accoustrement.
[a. mid. Fr. accoustrement (mod. accoutrement), n. of action f. accoustrer: see accoutre v. and -ment.]
1. Apparel, outfit, equipment. Almost always in the pl., clothes, trappings, equipments. Milit. The equipments of a soldier other than arms and dress.
1549Compl. of Scotl. (1872) vii. 68 The acoutrementis ande clethyng of this dolorus lady, vas ane syde mantil. 1586J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 29 Let al men embrodure, depaint, engraue and stampe vpon their hanginges, walles, windowes, and other domesticall accoustrammentes these glorious and commendable ensignes. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. iii. ii. 121 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. 1600― A.Y.L. iii. ii. 402 You are rather point deuice in your accoustrements. 1641Sanderson Serm. II. 6/1 What are all our crossings, and kneelings, and duckings? What surplice, and ring, and all those other rites and accoutrements that are used in or about the publick worship; but so many commandments of men? 1649W. Blithe Eng. Improver Impr. (1652) 195 Having his Plough and all its Accutrements compleated. 1751Watts Improv. Mind (1801) 365 Rich and glittering accoutrements wherewith the Church of Rome hath surrounded her devotions. 1813Wellington in Gurwood Desp. X. 495 In order to collect the wounded and their arms and accoutrements. 1850Merivale Rom. under Emp. III. xxviii. 329 There was no camp filled with plate, jewels, and splendid accoutrements to be devoted to plunder. 1858Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. Part. I. lxii. 241 Without sacrificing everything to the game of the war-contractor and the accoutrement-maker.
2. The process of accoutring or being accoutred.
1598Shakes. Merry W. iv. ii. 5 Not onely in the simple office of loue, but in all the accustrement, complement, and ceremony of it. 1850J. Leitch Muller's Anc. Art §409. 552 Youthful representations, with slight indication of accoutrement. |