Obs. Forms: 3 aturn, 4–5 atour(e, -owr(e, attour. [a. OF. aturn, -ourn, -ur, -our (mod. atour), vbl. sb. f. atourner: see ATURN.]
1. Attire, array, dress.
c. 1220. Hali Meid., 23. For þi is hare aturn se briht.
c. 1300. K. Alis., 6834. Ne saughe he never so faire atoure.
c. 1400. Rom. Rose, 3717. Nor of robe, nor of tresour … neithir of hir riche attour.
1475. Caxton, Jason, 115 b. That poure creature habylled with ryall atours.
2. Military equipment or preparation.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, XVII. 717. The schipmen … pressit with that gret atour Toward the wall.
1480. Caxton, Ovid’s Met., XII. v. For t’ avenge it, he made redy alle his atowr.
