Accoutre

Pronunciation

• enPR: ac-cou*tre, IPA: /əˈkuːtÉ™/

Alternative forms

• chielfy, US accouter

Origin

• First attested in the 1590's.
• 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")

Full definition of accoutre

Verb

1. (transitive) To furnish with dress, or equipment, especially those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array.
• Both accoutred like young men. - Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, III-iv
• For this, in rags accoutred are they seen. - John Dryden
• Accoutred with his burden and his staff. - William Wordsworth

Derived terms

• accoutrement

Anagrams

• accouter