Crossword clues for appurtenances
The Collaborative International Dictionary
appurtenances \appurtenances\ n. 1. miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
Syn: gear, paraphernalia.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"apparatus, gear," late 14c.; see appurtenance.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (plural of appurtenance English) 2 equipment used for a specific task or purpose; gear
WordNet
n. equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. [syn: gear, paraphernalia]
Usage examples of "appurtenances".
A lot of slatternly women flitted hither and thither in a hurry, with coffee-pots, plates of bread, and other appurtenances to supper, and these were said to be the wives of the Angel--or some of them, at least.
A long, long line of them stretched behind, bringing the tents, the other appurtenances of their journey.
Their clothes and appurtenances are the same color as the men, in other words.
It would be another seven centuries before an Italian navigator, sailing under the flag of Spain and fortified by all the appurtenances of an advanced community, would dare, in three large and commodious ships well nailed together, to set forth upon a voyage not quite so far and only half as dangerous.
The area south of the wall, though largely sloping pastureland, contained the port and all its appurtenances.
What did it matter that the edifice of this future rested on coffins, graves, gravestones, obelisks, busts and suchlike funeral appurtenances?
It had been bought in the capital on the proceeds of their income from coffins, gravestones and similar appurtenances of death.
The agents who were put on active duty in the farm itself reported a host of strange and contradictory things: the production of coffins and funeral appurtenances (what could that mean?
You got any theory on the arrangement of the body and the various appurtenances?
They were farming out some piece of land you didn't name,"with its appurtenances, and the land of Fereholt with its appurtenances.
Its three altars and other sacred appurtenances have crumbled and passed away years ago.
And also all that certain other tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being partly in said county of Erie and partly in the county of Genesee in said State, commonly called and known by the name of the Tonawanda Reservation, and containing by estimation twelve thousand eight hundred acres, be the same more or less: As the said several tracts of land have been heretofore reserved and are held and occupied by the Seneca Nation of Indians, or by individuals thereof, together with all and singular the rights, privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances to each and every of the said tracts or parcels of land belonging or appertaining.