equipage

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. equipment and supplies of a military forceSynonyms: materiel
  2. a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horsesSynonyms: carriagerig
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Equipage \Eq"ui*page\ (?; 48), n. [F. ['e]quipage, fr. ['e]quiper. See Equip.]

1.Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for warlike purposes, or the furniture and necessaries of an army, a body of troops, or a single soldier, including whatever is necessary for efficient service; equipments; accouterments; habiliments; attire. [1913 Webster]

Did their exercises on horseback with noble equipage.— Evelyn.[1913 Webster]
First strip off all her equipage of Pride.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

2.Retinue; train; suite. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

3.A carriage of state or of pleasure with all that accompanies it, as horses, liveried servants, etc., a showy turn-out. [1913 Webster]

The rumbling equipages of fashion . . . were unknown in the settlement of New Amsterdam.— W. Irving.[1913 Webster]
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