accoutrement

accoutrementnoun/əˈku.tɚ.mənt/

• 1

  governmentmilitarypoliticsA soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform.

  • Thus One / Jovial his Mate bespoke; O Friend, observe, / How gay with all th'Accoutrements of War / The Britons come, with Gold well fraught they come
  • Three thousand six hundred of the best fighting men, with complete accoutrement; with cannoneers even, and cannon!
• 2

  An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory.

  • To me ſhe's married, not vnto my cloathes: / Could I repaire what ſhe will weare in me, / As I can change theſe poore accoutrements, / 'Twere well for Kate, and better for my ſelfe.
  • While one of these loiterers showed the red skin and wild accouterments of a native of the woods, the other exhibited, […]
• 3

  An identifying yet superficial characteristic.

  • By the summer of 1964 they had achieved the bigger house on the better street and the familiar accouterments of a family on its way up: the $30,000 a year, the three children for the Christmas card, the picture window, the family room, […]
  • But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which [Justin] Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, […]
• 4

  archaicThe act of accoutering; furnishing.