accouter

American  

[uh-koo-ter] / əˈku tər /

especially British, accoutre

verb (used with object)

1. to equip or outfit, especially with military clothes, equipment, etc.

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Other Word Forms

• unaccoutered adjective

Etymology

Origin of accouter

First recorded in 1600–10; earlier accou(s)stre, from French accoutrer, Old French acou(s)trer “to arrange, accommodate, equip,” perhaps from unattested Vulgar Latin accō(n)s(ū)tūrāre “to sew together, mend” ( ac-, couture ), though loss of second -ū- is unexplained