Equipage

//ˈɛ.kwɪ.pɪdʒ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Equipment or supplies, especially military ones. uncountable

    "Araminta, come I'll talk ſeriouſly to you now, could you but ſee vvith my Eyes the buffoonry of one Scene of Addreſs, a Lover, ſet out with all his Equipage and Appurtenances; […]"

  2. 2
    a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses wordnet
  3. 3
    A type of horse-drawn carriage. countable, uncountable

    "At this moment the carriage turned into the Prado; a thousand magnificent equipages, with plumed horses, superb caparisons, and beautiful women bowing to the cavaliers, who stood for a moment on the foot-board, and then bowed their adieus to the “ladies of their love,” passed before our eyes."

  4. 4
    equipment and supplies of a military force wordnet
  5. 5
    The carriage together with attendants; a retinue. countable, uncountable

    "For although the Queen had ordered a little Equipage of all things neceſſary while I was in her Service, yet my Ideas were wholly taken up with what I ſaw on every ſide of me, and winked at my own Littleneſs as People do at their own Faults."

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  1. 6
    Military dress; uniform, armour, etc. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Loe-heere a description, much resembling the equipage of a compleat French-man at armes, with all his bards."

Verb
  1. 1
    To furnish with an equipage. obsolete, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French equippage, from equipper. The "carriage" sense may be influenced by Latin equus (“horse”).

Etymology 2

From Middle French equippage, from equipper. The "carriage" sense may be influenced by Latin equus (“horse”).

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