"accouterment" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈku.tɚ.mənt/ [US], /əˈku.t͡ʃɹə.mənt/ [US] Audio: En-us-accoutrement.ogg [US] Forms: accouterments [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French accoustrement, from accoustrer, from Old French acostrer (“arrange, sew up”), first attested in the 1540s. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|accoustrement}} Middle French accoustrement, {{m|frm|accoustrer}} accoustrer, {{der|en|fro|acostrer|t=arrange, sew up}} Old French acostrer (“arrange, sew up”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} accouterment (plural accouterments)
  1. (military, chiefly in the plural) A soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-accouterment-en-noun-WfeMKqV1 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (chiefly in the plural) An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory. Tags: in-plural Synonyms: equipment, gear, trappings, accessory Translations (trappings): accoutrement [masculine] (French), Ausstaffierung [feminine] (German), ciútraimintí (accoutrements) [plural] (Irish), utauta (Maori)
    Sense id: en-accouterment-en-noun-8EmGb3S9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 45 5 29 Disambiguation of 'trappings': 8 81 5 6
  3. (by extension) An identifying yet superficial characteristic. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-accouterment-en-noun-Ui22wXXB
  4. (archaic) The act of accoutering; furnishing. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-accouterment-en-noun-NlqntPbM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: accoutrement [Commonwealth] Related terms: accouter

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