Accoutre, Accouter v. t. (past & past part. accoutered or accoutred; pres. part. accoutering or accoutring) To furnish with dress, or equipments, esp. those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array. "Both accoutered like young men.""For this, in rags accoutered are they seen.""Accoutered with his burden and his staff."
... To accoutre myself in the white cotton night-cap and the blouse of the craft, was the work of a few seconds, and then, with a great knife in my girdle, and a capacious pocket slung at my side, I looked ... — Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. • Various Read full book for free!
... first labour. And here Coroebus, flushed with success and spirit, cries: "O comrades, follow me where fortune points before us the path of safety, and shews her favour. Let us exchange shields, and accoutre ourselves in Grecian suits; whether craft or courage, who will ask of an enemy? the foe shall arm our hands." Thus speaking, he next dons the plumed helmet and beautifully blazoned shield of Androgeus, and ... — The Aeneid of Virgil • Virgil Read full book for free!