equipage

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈɛ.kwɪ.pɪdʒ/

Etymology: From Middle French equippage, from equipper. The "carriage" sense may be influenced by Latin equus (“horse”).

Equipment or supplies, especially military ones.
“Araminta, come I'll talk ſeriouſly to you now, could you but ſee vvith my Eyes the buffoonry of one Scene of Addreſs, a Lover, ſet out with all his Equipage and Appurtenances; […]”
A type of horse-drawn carriage.
“At this moment the carriage turned into the Prado; a thousand magnificent equipages, with plumed horses, superb caparisons, and beautiful women bowing to the cavaliers, who stood for a moment on the foot-board, and then bowed their adieus to the “ladies of their love,” passed before our eyes.”
The carriage together with attendants; a retinue.
“For although the Queen had ordered a little Equipage of all things neceſſary while I was in her Service, yet my Ideas were wholly taken up with what I ſaw on every ſide of me, and winked at my own Littleneſs as People do at their own Faults.”
“Miserable and desponding he returned to his home; while Oriana, in again taking leave of her family, was borne back in her aunt's equipage to the splendours of the Park.”
Military dress; uniform, armour, etc.
“Loe-heere a description, much resembling the equipage of a compleat French-man at armes, with all his bards.”

Etymology: From Middle French equippage, from equipper. The "carriage" sense may be influenced by Latin equus (“horse”).