I. ˈekwəpij, chiefly in pl -wəpəj; also ÷ə̇ˈkwipij or ēˈkwip- sometimes ˈekwəˌpäzh or ˈekwəˌpāj noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French, from equiper + -age
1. obsolete : equipment 1
hastens the equipage of the galleys — London Gazette
to put himself in equipage for that … voyage — James Howell
2.
a.
(1) : material or articles used in equipping an organized group
the expense of providing arms, ordnance stores, quartermaster stores, and camp equipage — US Code
(2) archaic : a collection of equipment : outfit
the queen had ordered a little equipage of all things necessary for me — Jonathan Swift
: set , service
a complete tea and coffee equipage — Chelsea Catalog of 1756
(3) archaic : etui
little equipage of silver gilt containing scissors, thimble, nail trimmer — C.G.D.Roberts
b. archaic : a set of clothing and accessories : uniform
the equipage of a well-armed trooper of the period — Sir Walter Scott
: trappings
first strip off all her equipage of pride — Alexander Pope
3. archaic : retinue
an equipage indeed … a hundred servants in ordinary attendance — Thomas Fuller
Death the crowned phantom with all the equipage of his terrors — Thomas De Quincey
4. archaic : ceremonious display : style , pomp
kings have their entrance in due equipage — Thomas Heywood
5.
[French équipage, from Middle French equipage ]
a. : an elegant horse-drawn carriage with its retinue of servants
b. : such a carriage without its retinue
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
archaic : to furnish with an equippage
a goodly train of squires and ladies equipaged well — Edmund Spenser