The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mat'eriel \Ma`t['e]`ri`el"\, n. [F. See Material.]
   Those objects in a complex system which constitute the
   materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the
   personnel, or men; for example, the buildings, libraries, and
   apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers; --
   used in a collective sense.
   [1913 Webster]

   2. Specifically: (Military) The arms, munitions, baggage,
      equipment, provisions, etc., of an army.
      [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

materiel
    n 1: equipment and supplies of a military force [syn:
         materiel, equipage]