accoutring

Variant of accouter

accouter definition

ac·cou·ter or accoutre ac·cou′·tre (ə ko̵̅o̅t′ər)

transitive verb accoutered -·tered or accoutred -·tred, accoutering -·ter·ing or accoutring -·tring (ə ko̵̅o̅t′ər iŋ, -ko̵̅o̅′triŋ)

to outfit; equip, esp. for military service

Etymology: Fr accoutrer, earlier accoustrer; prob. < à-, to + OFr costure < VL *consutura, seam, sewing < L consuere, to sew < con-, together + suere, sew

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