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accoutrement (noun):
1a: equipment, trappings - specifically : a soldier's outfit usually not including clothes and weapons. Usually used in plural
b: an accessory item of clothing or equipment. Usually used in plural
2: an identifying and often superficial characteristic or device. Usually used in plural
3 archaic : the act of accoutring
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Accoutrement and its rarer relative accoutre, a verb meaning "to provide with equipment or furnishings" or "to outfit," have been appearing in English texts since the 16th century. Today both words have variant spellings—accouterment and accouter. The pair's French ancestor, accoutrer, descends from an Old French word meaning "seam" and ultimately traces to the Latin word consuere, meaning "to sew together." Some etymological stitching is visible in another English word: couture, a word referring to the business of making fashionable clothes, as well as to the clothes themselves, is also a descendant of consuere.
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