Accoutered


to equip or outfit, especially with military clothes, equipment, etc.
historical examples

a man who appeared thus dressed and accoutered would either be a master or a joke in a community like medora.
roosevelt in the bad lands h. hagedorn.

some of the allied armies were as gaudily, if not so richly, accoutered as their adversary.
a prince of anahuac james a. porter

pillow’s force was six or eight thousand strong, and the best armed and accoutered of all the western confederate commands.
history of morgan’s cavalry basil w. duke

also they had to be accoutered in their dress uniforms, which were issued about this time.
on guard upton sinclair

it must be the devil himself to recognize me, accoutered as i am.
the conspirators alexandre dumas (pere)

their aspect when accoutered for work is given in the frontispiece.
iron making in the olden times h. g. nicholls

he was accoutered for the real work of war, not its spectacular effects.
the struggle for missouri john mcelroy

she had no intention of lingering in camp, she said, accoutered solely with a hand bag!
diane of the green van leona dalrymple

without a moment’s hesitation, accoutered as he was, he plunged in.
imogen william g-dwin

v.

also accoutre, 1590s, from french acoutrer, earlier acostrer (13c.) “arrange, dispose, put on (clothing),” originally “sew up,” from vulgar latin accosturare “to sew together, sew up,” from latin ad- “to” (see ad-) + -consutura “a sewing together,” from latin consutus, past participle of consuere “to sew together,” from con- (see com-) + suere “to sew” (see suture). related: accoutered; accoutred; accoutering; accoutring.

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