equipment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: equipment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for equipment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equipment n an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Equipment \Equip"ment\, n. [Cf. F. [82]quipement. 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.