əˈpərt ( ə )nən(t)s, -pə̄t-, -pəit- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English appurtenaunce, apurtenaunce, from Anglo-French apurtenance, alteration (probably influenced by Old French pour, pur for) of Old French apartenance, from apartenir to belong + -ance — more at appertain , purchase
1. : an incidental property right or privilege (as to a right of way, a barn, or an orchard) belonging to a principal right and passing in possession with it
2. : a subordinate part, adjunct, or accessory
an appurtenance to his own vast vanity — Donn Byrne
— usually used in plural
the swashbuckling appurtenances of the historical novel
3. appurtenances plural : accessory objects used in any function : apparatus , gear
from cameras and lenses to all the appurtenances of the darkroom — J.T.Soby
all the appurtenances of their daily existence — Marcia Davenport