appurtenance

[ uh-pur-tn-uh ns ]

/ əˈpɜr tn əns /

something subordinate to another, more important thing; adjunct; accessory.

Law. a right, privilege, or improvement belonging to and passing with a principal property.

appurtenances, apparatus; instruments.

Origin of appurtenance

1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, equivalent to ap- ap-¹ + -purtenance a belonging; see purtenance

A kaiak is so light that it can without difficulty be carried on the head, with all its appurtenances, over several miles of land.

Eskimo Life |Fridtjof Nansen
The bar, with the appurtenances thereof, stretches across one end, and opposite is the porch door on to the green.

A Bit O' Love (Fourth Series Plays) |John Galsworthy
The entire load, including the seat and appurtenances, amounted to two hundred and eight pounds.

McClure's Magazine, March, 1896, Vol. VI., No. 4. |Various
Or, rather, each horrendous brain had a few partially material appendages and appurtenances recognizable as bodily organs.

Masters of Space |Edward Elmer Smith

Together with all the tenements and appurtenances thereunto belonging.

Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman |Albert Sidney Bolles

appurtenance

/ (əˈpɜːtɪnəns) /

a secondary or less significant thing or part

(plural) accessories or equipment

property law a minor right, interest, or privilege which passes when the title to the principal property is transferred

C14: from Anglo-French apurtenance, from Old French apartenance, from apartenir to appertain