accoutrement
Britishnoun
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equipment worn by soldiers in addition to their clothing and weapons
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(usually plural) clothing, equipment, etc; trappings
the correct accoutrements for any form of sport
Example Sentences
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The place was a hit, drawing in people from all parts of Kabul, and became known as “Bacha Broot,” meaning “boy with the mustache” in Dari, a reference to Mirza’s apparently magnificent facial accoutrement.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2022
"Watching the lying-in-state, the procession from Buckingham Palace - all those ceremonial uniforms with their accoutrement fittings, we will have manufactured them," Mr Kelly said.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2022
Plus, chopped veggies can double as an accoutrement to a pre-dinner grazing board or get tossed into a salad for lunch or dinner.
From Salon • Nov. 28, 2021
Satch’s hot plant tip: Let the pothos’s vines grow over filing cabinets, cubicle walls, or any other office accoutrement to make things feel a little less “office-y.”
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2019
Her accoutrement was, indeed, a cause of heart-burning, and almost of scandal, in that infinitesimal kirk company.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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