equipage

C2 Topic:Transportation

UK /ˈɛ.kwɪ.pɪdʒ/ See IPA manual

Freq #281259

Meanings

1

noun
a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses

The nobleman arrived with a costly equipage.
2

noun
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.
3

noun
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.
4

noun
equipment and supplies of a military force

The nobleman arrived with a costly equipage.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a vehicle with wheels drawn... rig

4 noun · equipment and supplies of a... materiel

Word family

Derived forms breakfast-equipage

Etymology

From Middle French equippage, from equipper. The "carriage" sense may be influenced by Latin equus (“horse”).

Topics

Transportation

External links

# equipage

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɛ.kwɪ.pɪdʒ/
**Frequency rank:** 281259

## Meanings
1. a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
2. A type of horse-drawn carriage.
3. The carriage together with attendants; a retinue.
4. equipment and supplies of a military force

## Examples
- The nobleman arrived with a costly equipage.
- 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.
- 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.
- The nobleman arrived with a costly equipage.

## Synonyms
- rig
- materiel

## Derived Forms
- breakfast-equipage

## Etymology
From Middle French equippage, from equipper. The "carriage" sense may be influenced by Latin equus (“horse”).

## Topics
- Transportation

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