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/əˈku.tɚ.mənt/ · noun
(military, chiefly in the plural) A soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform..
Thus One / Jovial his Mate bespoke; O Friend, observe, / How gay with all th'Accoutrements of War / The Britons come, with Gold well fraught they come
Three thousand six hundred of the best fighting men, with complete accoutrement; with cannoneers even, and cannon!
He [Manolo] was supposed to have left Spain while he was doing his military service, that is to say he was in the cavalry and he went across the border, and sold his horse and his accoutrement, and so had enough money to come to Paris and be a sculptor.
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.
While one of these loiterers showed the red skin and wild accouterments of a native of the woods, the other exhibited, […]
[H]is clothes, that is to say, although they were of rich and sober fabric, were enormously too large for him in every measurement—the trousers hanging on his legs and rolled up to keep them from the ground, the waist of the coat below his haunches, and the collar sprawling wide upon his shoulders. Strange to relate, this ludicrous accoutrement was far from moving me to laughter.
And then from beyond the blank wall beside which I lay I heard the shuffling of feet, the snarling of grim beasts, the clank of metal accouterments, and the heavy breathing of a man.
A little ship, with oars and food / and little dishes, and all accoutrements / fitting and ready for the departing soul.
Use accoutrement when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Accoutrement means (military, chiefly in the plural) A soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform..
Common synonyms include equipment, gear, trappings, accessory.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Thus One / Jovial his Mate bespoke; O Friend, observe, / How gay with all th'Accoutrements of War / The Britons come, with Gold well fraught they come
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