EQUIPMENT

equipment

(noun) an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

equipment (usually uncountable, plural equipments)

The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

• David Hume

Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.

• Henry Longfellow

Source: Wiktionary

E*quip"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. équipement. See Equip.]

1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. Burke. The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt. Hume.

2. Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments. Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight. Longfellow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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