| Equipage | n. [ 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. [ 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 ] |
