Accoutre Definition
accouters, accoutres
verb
To outfit and equip, as for military duty.
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Origin of Accoutre
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From French accoutrer, from Old French acoustrer, from Vulgar Latin acconsÅ«tÅ«rāre (“to equip with clothes"), from Latin ad (“to") + consÅ«tÅ«ra (“sewing, clothes"), from Latin cōnsuō (“to sew together"), from Latin con (“together") + suō (“to sew")
From Wiktionary
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French accoutrer from Old French acoustrer arrange, equip a- to (from Latin ad- ad–) coustrer sew couture
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
First attested in the 1590's.
From Wiktionary
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