Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Accouterments \Ac*cou"ter*ments\, Accoutrements
\Ac*cou"tre*ments\, n. pl. [F. accoutrement, earlier also
   accoustrement, earlier also accoustrement. See {Accouter}.]
   Dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and
   equipments worn by soldiers.

         How gay with all the accouterments of war! --A.
                                                  Philips.