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Webster 1913 Edition


Equipage

Eq′ui-page

(?; 48)
,
Noun.
[F.
équipage
, fr.
équiper
. 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.
Did their exercises on horseback with noble
equipage
.
Evelyn.
First strip off all her
equipage
of Pride.
Pope.
2.
Retinue; train; suite.
Swift.
3.
A carriage of state or of pleasure with all that accompanies it, as horses, liveried servants, etc., a showy turn-out.
The rumbling
equipages
of fashion . . . were unknown in the settlement of New Amsterdam.
W. Irving.

Webster 1828 Edition


Equipage

EQ'UIPAGE

,
Noun.
The furniture of a military man, particularly arms and their appendages.
1.
The furniture of an army or body of troops, infantry or cavalry; including arms, artillery, utensils, provisions, and whatever is necessary for a military expedition. Camp equipage includes tents, and every thing necessary for accommodation in camp. Field equipage consists of arms, artillery, wagons, tumbrels, &c.
2.
The furniture of an armed ship, or the necessary preparations for a voyage; including cordage, spars, provisions, &c.
3.
Attendance, retinue, as persons, horses, carriages, &c.; as the equipage of a prince.
4.
Carriage of state; vehicle; as celestial equipage.
5.
Accouterments; habiliments; ornamental furniture.

Definition 2024


équipage

équipage

See also: equipage

French

Noun

équipage m (plural équipages)

  1. horse and carriage
    • 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 11:
      Dans la nuit du vendredi 2 février 1761, un équipage avançait péniblement sur la voie qui conduit de la Courtille à la Villette.
  2. crew (of a boat)
  3. equipment