accoutrement
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[edit] English
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- (US) accouterment
[edit] Etymology
From Middle French accoustrement, from accoustrer + -ment, from Old French acostrer (“arrange, sew up”)
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[edit] Noun
accoutrement (accoutrements, usually in plural form)
- an accessory
- apparatus needed for a task or journey
- military equipment other than weapons and uniform
- trappings
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trappings
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[edit] French
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- IPA: /akutʁəmɑ̃/
[edit] Noun
accoutrement m. (plural accoutrements)
- (obsolete) (elaborate) outfit
- (colloquial, pejorative) get-up