An additional item of dress or equipment, or other item carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity. The knight's accoutrements included a shield, a sword, and a helmet.
(military, usually plural) The supplementary equipment carried by soldiers apart from their weapons and uniform. The supply sergeant issued fresh accoutrements—canteens, cartridge boxes, and haversacks—to the new recruits.
(figurative, usually plural) Any external possession or decoration that marks a particular status, lifestyle, or attitude; trappings. The accoutrements of wealth—luxury cars and designer clothes—meant little to her.