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ACCOUTREMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does accoutrement mean?
• ACCOUTREMENT (noun)
The noun ACCOUTREMENT has 1 sense:
1. clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
Familiarity information: ACCOUTREMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
accessory; accouterment; accoutrement
Hypernyms ("accoutrement" is a kind of...):
article of clothing; clothing; habiliment; vesture; wear; wearable (a covering designed to be worn on a person's body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accoutrement"):
belt (a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist))
furnishing; trappings ((usually plural) accessory wearing apparel)
Context examples
Strange to relate, this ludicrous accoutrement was far from moving me to laughter.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
About his waist he wore an old brass-buckled leather belt, which was the one thing solid in his whole accoutrement.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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