paraphernalia

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun plural The articles used in a particular activity; equipment: synonym: equipment.
• noun plural Law Personal property used by a married woman that, although actually owned by her husband and subject to claims by his creditors, becomes her personal property after his death.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun In law, those personal articles which the common law recognized the right of a married woman to own and keep, notwithstanding the marital right of her husband to her personal property in general.
• noun Personal ornaments or accessories of attire; trappings; equipments, especially such as are used on parade, or for ostentatious display, as the symbolic garments, ornaments, weapons, etc., used by freemasons or the like.
• noun Miscellaneous possessions, as the numerous small conveniences of a traveler, small decorative objects, and the like.
• noun Ornaments, or ornamental accessories, collectively.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun plural (Law) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.
• noun plural Personal belongings; ornaments; finery; sundry objects carried about for personal convenience.
• noun plural The appendages, apparatus, or equipment used in a particular activity.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun Miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity; stuff.
• noun archaic Things a woman owns, apart from her dowry.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.