- a variation of accouter.
accoutre
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It is also written with a silent o, as in tour, croup, group, youth, wound, souvenir, surtout, cartouche, contour, amour, uncouth, accoutre, moustache, tambourine.
From Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. by Mann, Mary E.
“Now put these heroes’ swords into their hands,” she commanded, “and accoutre them in their mail.”
From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis
Richmond was to be evacuated during the night, during which I was to burn my ships, accoutre and provision my men, and join General Lee!
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
Dietrich Intervenes Dietrich then donned his armour and was assisted to accoutre himself by Hildebrand.
From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis
But hark you, madam; what be these brave blades That thus accoutre you?
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert
A spare bathroom accoutred with a chandelier — Florida sun catching the crystals, shimmering across a spill of documents stamped "confidential."
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2023
Kids will continue to play and watch, drawn to the accoutred frowsty barn with its nets and stumps by family or school or the basic joy of bat and ball.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2013
The film shows how a young society miss singes her wings; in the presentation, gauzy dancers flutter about an individual accoutred as Hell Fire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Envy, penniless, accoutred in dismal garb, ogles the fur coat of a wealthy Babbitt.
From Time Magazine Archive
The second time he approached Winchester he was at the head of forty men, all clad in armour from head to foot, and mounted on handsomely accoutred horses.
From The Boy's Book of Heroes by Peake, Helena
Presently we come to the accoutring of the emissary:— 442.
From Anglo-Saxon Literature by Earle, John
So she went to hide in some bosky bouroch or moss-hag, while I bode still among the hazels at the woodside, accoutring myself as a trooper with sword and pistol of tree.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
No; we just worked for a year, and then, once more accoutring ourselves, we made tracks for the mountain-forests.
From Wild Adventures in Wild Places by Stables, Gordon
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