fitmentn.
/ˈfɪtm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈfɪtmənt/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > preparation of something for use
afaitementc1400
dressing1419
readyinga1500
dressing up1526
adighting1567
fitmenta1616
fit1883
pretreatment1899
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 410 'Twas a fitment for The purpose I then follow'd. View more context for this quotation
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > what is fitting
fitment1609
the (eternal) fitness of things1706
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xix. 15 When she should doe for Clyents her fitment..shee [etc.] . View more context for this quotation
3. A piece of furniture. Usually in plural. Fittings.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > piece of
movable1523
implements1601
fitment1851
1851 Orders & Regulations Royal Engineers (rev. ed.) §4. 19 The expense of repairs of Fences, Fixtures, Fitments, &c.
1862 Mrs. H. Freshfield Tour Grisons xvii. 282 In keeping with the other fitments of the room.
1888 Illustr. London News 29 Dec. Every variety of Fitment and Furniture.
1891 Times 22 Oct. 16/5 The library has an enamelled wood fitment.
Draft additions 1993
4. The act or process of fitting.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] > correspondence of size and shape
fayingc1200
fitness1658
fitment1889
1889 in Cent. Dict.
1909 Daily Chron. 24 Sept. 9/3 There was no time for him to get fitment of this kind [of headgear].
1979 Financial Times 14 Sept. 14/2 The back-ended assembly is completed by the fitment of a special heat shrink sleeve.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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