equipage
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equipage
- /ˈɛ.kwɪ.pɪdʒ/ UK
Where it comes from
From Middle French equippage, from equipper. The "carriage" sense may be influenced by Latin equus (“horse”).
noun equipages
- Equipment or supplies, especially military ones. Araminta, come I'll talk ſeriouſly to you now, could you but ſee vvith my Eyes the buffoonry of one Scene of Addreſs, a Lover, ſet out with all his Equipage and Appurtenances; […]
- A type of horse-drawn carriage. At this moment the carriage turned into the Prado; a thousand magnificent equipages, with plumed horses, superb caparisons, and beautiful women bowing to the cavaliers, who stood for a moment on the foot-board, and then bowed their adieus to the “ladies of their love,” passed before our eyes.
- The carriage together with attendants; a retinue. For although the Queen had ordered a little Equipage of all things neceſſary while I was in her Service, yet my Ideas were wholly taken up with what I ſaw on every ſide of me, and winked at my own Littleneſs as People do at their own Faults.
- Military dress; uniform, armour, etc. Loe-heere a description, much resembling the equipage of a compleat French-man at armes, with all his bards.
verb equipages · equipaging · equipaged
- To furnish with an equipage.
Translations
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noun equipment or supplies, especially military ones
| Español | bagaje, furgón, tren de equipajes |
|---|---|
| Français | bagages, fourgons, train des équipages |
| Deutsch | Ausrüstung |
| Русский | снаряже́ние snarjažénije |
noun a type of horse-drawn carriage
| Español | carroza, carruaje de lujo |
|---|---|
| Français | équipage |
| Deutsch | Equipage |
| Русский | экипа́ж ekipáž |
Talk about this word "equipage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/equipage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. equipage. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/equipage "equipage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/equipage.Cite this
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title = {equipage},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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