E*quip"ment (?), n. [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.
Hear it pronounced