Note I found more about the word accoutrement here and was able to define it as a French word where it originated and other stuff as well.
accoutrement
noun
ac·cou·tre·ment
ə-ˈkü-trə-mənt
ə-ˈkü-tər-mənt
variants
or accouterment
1
b
: an accessory item of clothing or equipment
—usually used in plural
Shops offering the physical accoutrements of polite manners—lace, gloves, linen underclothing, snuff, and gentleman's powdered wigs …—Arthur Herman
2
: an identifying and often superficial characteristic or device
—usually used in plural
… some of the other accouterments of power that define our diplomacy.—Elizabeth Drew
3
archaic
: the act of accoutring
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