Equipage
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 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 a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses wordnet
- 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 equipment and supplies of a military force wordnet
- 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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- 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."
- 1 To furnish with an equipage. obsolete, transitive
Example
More examples"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; […]"
Etymology
From Middle French equippage, from equipper. The "carriage" sense may be influenced by Latin equus (“horse”).