equipage verb trans.L16-L18.[from the noun.]Provide with an equipage, equip.
[TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲
equipage noun.
['ɛkwɪpɪdʒ] M16.[French équipage, from équiper: see EQUIP, -AGE.]I. Equipment.
1. The crew of a ship.
rare.
M16-M18.2. The action of fitting out a ship, arming a soldier, etc.
L16-L17.3. The state or condition of being equipped.
L16-M17.4. Apparatus of war; all that an army requires for encampment, transport, etc.; the tackle of a ship.
L16.■ R. Beatson With the guns, sails, rigging, and other equipage.b. Clothing, costume, attire;
esp. military uniform or trappings.
L16-E19.c. Equipment for a journey, expedition, etc.
E17.■ N. Hawthorne A few carpet-bags and shawls, our equipage for the night.d. Apparatus in general.
M17-M18.5. Small articles of domestic furniture, as china, glassware, etc.
L17.6. Articles for personal ornament or use; a case of these.
E18. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲
equipage(2) II. The appurtenances of rank, social position, etc.
7. Formal state or order; style of living etc.
L16-M18.■ G. Burnet She made an equipage far above what she could support.8. A retinue, a following.
L16-E19.9. The money required to maintain an official establishment. Also more fully
equipage money.
M17-M18.10. A carriage and horses with attendants; a carriage of this kind.
E18.■ J. Fowles Horses being curried and groomed, equipages being drawn out. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲