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uipments; accouterments; habiliments; attire. Did their exercises on horseback with noble equipage. Evelyn. First strip off all her equipage of Pride. Pope.

Furnished with equipage. Well dressed, well bred. Well equipaged, is ticket good enough. Cowper.

orne upon poles, or two- wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. Shak. Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. Pope.

ats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage.

To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.

n 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.…

is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a business; as, to keep up a large establishment; a manufacturing establishment. Expo…

boring . . . in the deep mines of knowledge, hath furnished out his findings in all their equipage. Milton.

ht; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage. Milton.

ining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance. "Martial equipage." Milton.

A display, as of plate, equipage, etc.; that which is displayed. [Coloq.] Dickens.

Magnifience; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage, ceremonies, processions, and the like. "Rejoice in splendor of mine own." Shak.

To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage. [Colloq.] Grose.

That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out.