n.
Pronunciation: ' kit
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English
Date: 14th century
1 dialect British : a wooden tub
2 a (1) : a collection of articles usually for personal use <a travel kit > (2) : a set of tools or implements <a carpenter's kit > (3) : a set of parts to be assembled or worked up <a model-airplane kit > (4) : a packaged collection of related material <a convention kit > (5) chiefly British : GEAR <run over to my billet and get some overnight kit ― Lionel Shapiro> b : a container for any of such sets or collections
3 : a group of persons or things ― usually used in the phrase the whole kit and caboodle