Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Equipment

Equipment , noun

[Compare French 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