Accoutred
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11 examples of Accoutred in a sentence
But he was very much deceived in this conclusion, for daylight had hardly begun to appear when there came up to the inn four men on horseback, well equipped and accoutred, with firelocks across their saddle-bows.
All this was pleasant, but this was as nothing compared with the shouting of the populace when the carriage drew up, behind Mr. Pott's chariot, which chariot itself drew up at Mr. Pott's door, which door itself opened, and displayed the great Pott
accoutred
as a Russian officer of justice, with a tremendous knout in his hand--tastefully typical of the stern and mighty power of the Eatanswill GAZETTE, and the fearful lashings it bestowed on public offenders.
To make the jacket sit yet more close to the body, it was gathered at the middle by a broad leathern belt, secured by a brass buckle; to one side of which was attached a sort of scrip, and to the other a ram's horn,
accoutred
with a mouthpiece, for the purpose of blowing.
He rode, not a mule, like his companion, but a strong hackney for the road, to save his gallant war-horse, which a squire led behind, fully
accoutred
for battle, with a chamfron or plaited head-piece upon his head, having a short spike projecting from the front.
The horse was led into the lists by two grooms richly dressed, the animal itself being fully
accoutred
with the richest war-furniture; which, however, scarcely added to the value of the noble creature in the eyes of those who were judges.
The friar was now completely
accoutred
as a yeoman, with sword and buckler, bow, and quiver, and a strong partisan over his shoulder.
Meanwhile the knight caught a horse by the rein, for several which had been taken in the stables of Front-de-Boeuf stood
accoutred
around, and were a valuable part of the booty.
The man liked the European costume, and ere long Passepartout issued from his shop
accoutred
in an old Japanese coat, and a sort of one-sided turban, faded with long use.
CHAPTER 3 How Candide Escaped from the Bulgarians and What Befell Him AfterwardNever was anything so gallant, so well accoutred, so brilliant, and so finely disposed as the two armies.
The crowd was swarming around her; from time to time, a man
accoutred
in red and yellow made them form into a circle, and then returned, seated himself on a chair a few paces from the dancer, and took the goat's head on his knees.
One of these personages, fantastically
accoutred
in many an oriental rag, was Mathias Hungadi Spicali, Duke of Egypt and Bohemia.
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