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▪ I. equipage, n.|ˈɛkwɪpɪdʒ|
Also 7 æquipage, equippage, 8 ecquipage.
[a. F. équipage, f. équiper: see prec. and -age. (The Sp. equipaje, It. equipaggio, are ad. Fr.)]
I. The action or process of equipping; the state or condition of being equipped.
†1. The action or process of fitting out (a ship), of providing (a soldier) with accoutrements, etc.
1598Chapman Iliad i. 65 And ruled the equipage Of th' Argive fleet to Ilion. 1654tr. Scudery's Curia Politiæ 69 After the compleate Equipage of this mighty royall Navy. 1656Blount Glossogr., Equipage, a dighting or setting forth of a man, horse, or ship-furniture. 1684Lond. Gaz. No. 1926/1 Count Vecchi hastens the Equipage of the Galleys and other small Vessels.
†2. The state or condition of being equipped; equipment. Obs.
c1600Shakes. Sonn. xxxii, To march in ranckes of better equipage. c1645Howell Lett. II. lxiii, It cost Sir Walter Rawleigh much more to put himself in equipage for that long intended voyage. 1649Milton Eikon. Pref. (1851) 331 The force and equipage of whose Armes they have so oft'n met victoriously. 1652Needham tr. Selden's Mare Cl. 209 A Fleet which attended in gallant Equipage to back his Forces. 1658Cleveland Rustick Ramp. Wks. (1687) 420 Their Equipage and Order were not comely.
II. All that is needed for military operations, travelling, a domestic establishment, etc.
3. Apparatus of war, artillery, stores, and means of transport; tackle of a ship. camp equipage: tents and furniture required for encampment. field equipage: whatever is required to facilitate the movements of an army. siege equipage: the train of battering guns, with ammunition, etc.
1579Fenton Guicciard. i. (1599) 28 By reason of which great equipage..the army departed out of Naples, with great hope of the victory. c1652Milton Sonn. xvii, To advise how war may..Move..In all her equipage. 1683Brit. Spec. 98 Having with this Equipage crossed the Channel, he directly joyned Plautius. 1790Beatson Nav. & Mil. Mem. I. 30 With the guns, sails, rigging, and other equipage. 1810Syd. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 192/1 To provide himself with camp equipage. 1849–50Alison Hist. Europe III. xiii. 40 The superb siege equipage..was sent on to Valenciennes. 1853Sir H. Douglas Mil. Bridges (ed. 3) 139 An equipage of 20 boats was also collected. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. s.v., Camp equipage consists of tents, furniture, cooking utensils, etc.
†4. Military garb, uniform, accoutrements, trappings. Obs.
1633Shirley Yng. Admiral iii. i, Put thy body in equipage, and beg of the princess to be one of these brave fellows. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. vi. (1843) 320/1 All the trained bands of London [were] led out in their brightest equipage upon the heath next Brentford. 1672Marvell Reh. Transp. i. 269 There a Don Quixot in an equipage of differing pieces. 1818Scott Leg. Montrose ii, The equipage of a well-armed trooper of the period.
†b. Apparel, attire, costume, dress, ‘get up’.
c1645Howell Lett. (1655) I. 265 He never saw..Gentlemen..in a neater equipage. 1646F. Hawkins Youth's Behav. (1663) 62 Commanding the common Hangman to do his office in that Equipage [yellow starch'd Bands and Cuffs]. 1794Godwin Cal. Williams 255 It is unnecessary to describe the particulars of my new equipage. 1823Lamb Elia Ser. i. xviii. (1865) 140 He never dressed for a dinner party but he forgot his sword..or some other necessary part of his equipage.
fig.1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xxvi. 100 They which came to fetch water, seeing us set there in so sad an equipage, returned. 1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. i. vi. §5 Published them in the equipage they are in. 1665J. Mall Offer of F. Help 111 You see the compleat Christian in his equipage for sufferings. 1732Pope Ess. Man ii. 44 Strip off all her equipage of pride.
5. Outfit for a journey, expedition, etc.
1616Bullokar, Equipage, furniture or provision for horsemanship, especially in triumph, or tournaments. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. (1843) 6/1 Such an equipage..as might be fit for the Prince of Wales. 1727Swift Gulliver ii. viii. 173 The Queen had ordered a little equipage of all things necessary for me. 1820Scott Monast. xxii, A small scrip and bottle..with a stout staff in his hand, completed his equipage. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. (1872) I. 34 A few carpet-bags and shawls, our equipage for the night.
6. Small articles of domestic furniture, esp. china, glass, and earthenware. breakfast-equipage, tea-equipage: a breakfast-, tea-service. arch.
1672Crowne City Politics i. i, That Rogue! my patch upon my nose, my pillow and sick equipage, quickly. 1709Steele Tatler No. 86 ⁋3, I had no sooner set Chairs..and fixed my Tea-Equipage, but, etc. 1724Lond. Gaz. No. 6297/2 A Toilet Equipage of Plate for his Lady. 1756Nugent Gr. Tour, Germany II. 195 A tea-table, and all its equipage of solid gold. 1776Adam Smith W.N. I. i. xi. 174 Household furniture, and what is called Equipage. 1825Mrs. Sherwood Lady of Manor I. (ed. 2) v. 149 The tea-equipage which they were then using..was convenient and genteel. 1833De Quincey Wks. XIV. 297 The whole breakfast equipage..set out..for no greater personage than myself. 1888Durham Univ. Jrnl. 24 Mar. 36 The ‘tea equipages’ might be cleared away during the dinner hour.
7. Articles for personal ornament or use; a collection of such articles.
1716Lady M. W. Montague Basset-Table 29 Behold this Equipage, by Mathers wrought. 1741Richardson Pamela II. 349 My Lady's..fine Repeating-Watch and Equipage. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge xv, Without the aid of dressing case and tiring equipage. 1846Mrs. Sherwood Fairchild Family ii. 17 An equipage was a little case which held a thimble, scissors, a pencil, and other such little matters, and..hung to the girdle to balance the great watches worn by the grandmothers and great grandmothers of people now living.
†8. Apparatus in general. lit. and fig. Obs.
1648H. G. tr. Balzac's Prince 118 That long equipage of Debauchery, which the Voluptuous leade after them. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iii. 180 The Papists have transferred to their Saints al the equipage of the Pagan Gods. 1707Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 249 All the Equipage of Substantial Forms and of Qualities. 1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. (1827) II. 353 By all the appurtenances and equipage of a voluptuous and effeminate life.
b. (See quot.)
1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 146 The weight of the upper mill-stone..joined to the weight of the spindle..and the trundle..(the sum of which three numbers is called the equipage of the turning mill-stone), should never be less than 1550 pounds avoirdupois.
III. The appurtenances of rank, office, or social position.
†9. Formal state or order; ceremonious display; the ‘style’ of a domestic establishment, etc.
1612Heywood Apol. Actors Author to Bk. 3 The earth a stage, Kings have their entrance in due equipage. 1633Fletcher Purple Isl. i. xii, Marching in Tragic State, and buskin'd equipage. 1682Bunyan Holy War 167 They perceived in what equipage, and with what honour they were sent home. a1714Burnet Own Time (1766) I. 239 She made an equipage far above what she could support. 1756Nugent Gr. Tour, Netherl. I. 273 Here are also sharpers..with greater equipage than the sharpers in England.
†10. What is required to maintain an official establishment. Also attrib., as in equipage-money.
1668Temple Let. Sir J. Temple Wks. 1731 II. 122 They..brought down the Equipage Money of Ambassadors from three thousand Pounds..to 1500 Pounds. 1679–88Secr. Serv. Money Chas. & Jas. (Camden Soc.) 149 To Sr John Trevor, Speaker of the House of Com'ons, bounty, for his equipage. 1769Junius Lett. xxiii. 110 note, He received three thousand pounds for plate and equipage money.
†11. Train of retainers or attendants, retinue, following. Obs.
1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Oct. 114 Teache her [the Muse] tread aloft in buskin fine, With queint Bellona in her equipage! 1600Fairfax Tasso ix. xliv, With you take some part Of these braue Soldiers of mine equipage. 1641Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 16 On the 27th April, came over..the young Prince of Orange, with a splendid Equipage. a1661Fuller Worthies, Cambridgesh. i. 150 Dido had a piece of State in her Court peculiar to her self..an Equipage indeed..a hundred servants in ordinary attendance all of the same age. 1731Swift Corr. Wks. 1841 II. 648 How many days will you maintain me [Swift] and my equipage?
transf. and fig.1599T. M[oufet] Silkwormes 34 Their seuerall parts and feates thereon to play Amidst the rest of natures equipage. 1712Steele Spect. No. 472 ⁋4 Distinct Suns, and their peculiar Equipages of Planets. 1806Wordsw. Ode on Intim. Immortal. 106 The Persons..That Life brings with her in her equipage.
12. A carriage and horses, with the attendant servants; in later use sometimes applied to a carriage alone.
1721–1800Bailey, Equipage..is frequently used for a Coach and Number of Footmen. a1762Lady M. W. Montague Lett. lxxvii. 126 All the fine equipages that shine in the ring. 1765in Ld. Malmesbury's Priv. Lett. I. 158 As for an equipage, I should do well..[if Mr. Walpole has not sold his] to buy it; otherwise to make an English chariot here. 1787‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsem. (1809) 44 A waggon or any tremendous equipage. 1811L. M. Hawkins C'tess & Gertr. I. 78 Her equipage was a travelling postchaise with one pair of horses. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 377 The frequent mention of such equipages [a coach and six] in old books is likely to mislead us. 1860Hawthorne Marb. Faun xii, Here..roll and rumble all kinds of equipages.
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†13. Transl. of Fr. équipage, the crew of a ship. Obs. rare.
1728Morgan Algiers II. ii. 221 When got to Sea, he opened his Mind to the Chiefs of his Equipage. Ibid. II. iv. 261 Her Equipage might have been all saved had they held out till the storm abated. 1751Chambers Cycl. s.v., Equipage, in navigation. See Crew.
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14. In the phrase to go (march, walk) in equipage, the original sense was prob. ‘to walk in military array with’ (cf. 2); but in our examples (all fig.) the sense is ‘to keep step with’, so that the n. becomes synonymous with equipace. Hence the word equipage was in 17th c. often supposed to be formed with the prefix equi-, and in many passages it occurs in the sense: Equality of position, rank, or importance.
[1589Nashe in Greene's Menaphon (Arb.) 14 Whose Amintas, and translated Antigone may march in equipage of honour, with any of our ancient Poets. 1600see 2.] 1607Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr. i. i. 37 As the Papists are in equipage with former Pagans so likewise with all moderne aliens. 1613–6W. Browne Brit. Past. i. ii, His worke, not seeming fit To walke in equipage with better wit. 1631R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature Ep. Ded. 4 That your vertue and goodnes might march in æquipage with your State and Authority. 1635Swan Spec. M. vii. §3 (1643) 322 According to..the best Authours, and nearest equipage to truth, the starres are called lights. 1655Sanderson Serm. II. Pref. 7 Nor doth it sound well, that the examples of men..should..stand in so near equipage with the commands of God.
▪ II. † ˈequipage, v. Obs.
[f. prec. n.]
1. trans. To furnish with an equipage, accoutrements, or outfit; to array; to furnish.
1590Spenser F.Q. ii. ix. 17 A goodly traine Of Squires and Ladies equipaged well. 1623J. Wodroephe Fr. & Eng. Gram. 214 Wee shal all be mounted, equipaged, and in better order to morrow. 1651tr. Don Fenise 276 Leon was equipaged in such manner, that he might be well taken for a thiefe. a1711Ken Sion Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 328 Of sacred Hymn I strait made choice, With Organ equipaged, and Voice. 1784Cowper Task iii. 98 Well dress'd, well bred, well equipaged, is ticket good enough.
2. a. trans. To rank. b. intr. To stand in rank; to take rank. Cf. equipage n. 14.
1624Heywood Gunaik. ii. 109 They all equipage together as being by the Poets never separate. Ibid. viii. 396 This incomparable Ladie I know not where to equipage, or in what ranke to place.
Hence ˈequipaged ppl. a., in senses of the vb.
1598Florio Ep. Ded., The Vniuers containes all things, digested in best equipaged order. 1775Ash, Equipaged, accoutred, attended, having a splendid retinue. 1847in Craig. |