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accoutrement noun [ əˈkuːtəm(ə)nt ]

• an additional item of dress or equipment.
• "the accoutrements of religious ritual"
Similar: paraphernalia, equipment, stuff, things, apparatus, tackle, kit, implements, tools, utensils, material(s), appliances, rig, outfit, regalia, appurtenances, impedimenta, miscellaneous articles, odds and ends, bits and pieces, bits and bobs, trappings, accessories, trimmings, adornments, ornamentation, furnishings, fittings, appointments, belongings, possessions, effects, personal effects, property, baggage, chattels, movables, rubbish, gear, junk, the necessary, traps, clobber, gubbins, odds and sods, dunnage, equipage,
Origin: mid 16th century: from French, from accoutrer ‘clothe, equip’ (see accoutre).


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