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equipping, vbl. n.|ɪˈkwɪpɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. equip.
1704Collect. Voy. (Churchill) III. 740/1 The Governour was busy in equipping of Men of War. 1790Beatson Nav. & Mil. Mem. I. 337 The equipping of two such armaments, did not escape the notice of the British Ministry. 1799Nelson 28 Nov. in Nicolas Disp. (1845) IV. 118 Our Ships off Malta..will want a complete equipping. ¶ Used gerundially with omission of in.
1681Lond. Gaz. No. 1677/1 The rest of the Ships that are Equipping at Thoulon. 1772–84Cook Voy. (1790) I. Introd. 11 The Endeavour was equipping for a voyage to the South Seas. 1810Naval Chron. XXIII. 113 In the basin..were seven two-deckers equipping. |