accouterment

Definition

American spelling of accoutrement.

Example Sentences

• "While one of these loiterers showed the red skin and wild accouterments of a native of the woods, the other exhibited, […]"
• "And then from beyond the blank wall beside which I lay I heard the shuffling of feet, the snarling of grim beasts, the clank of metal accouterments, and the heavy breathing of a man."
• "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, […]"