Paraphernalia

n. pl.	1.
	1.	(Law) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.
	2.	Personal belongings; ornaments; finery; sundry objects carried about for personal convenience.
	3.	The appendages, apparatus, or equipment used in a particular activity; as, surveyors unloading their paraphernalia from a van.

Noun

1.

paraphernalia - equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. Synonyms: appurtenances, gear

PARAPHERNALIA. The name given to all such things as a woman has a right to retain as her own property, after her husband's death; they consist generally of her clothing, jewels, and ornaments suitable to her condition, which she used personally during his life.
     2. These, when not extravagant, she has a right to retain even against creditors; and, although in his lifetime the husband might have given them away, he cannot bequeath such ornaments and jewels by his will. 2 Bl. Com. 430; 2 Supp. to Ves. jr. 376; 5 Com. Dig. 230; 2 Com. Dig. 212; 11 Vin. Ab. 176; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 8996-7.

accessories, accouterments, appanages, apparatus, appendages, appliances, appointments, appurtenances, armament, baggage, belongings, chattels, choses, choses in action, choses in possession, choses local, choses transitory, clobber, conveniences, crap, duffel, effects, equipage, equipment, facilities, facility, fittings, fixtures, furnishings, furniture, impedimenta, installations, junk, kit, machinery, material things, materials, materiel, movables, munition, munitions, outfit, perquisites, personal effects, plant, plumbing, possessions, property, rig, rigging, rubbish, shit, stock-in-trade, stuff, supplies, tackle, things, trappings, utensils