Equipment of man or horse, outfit for war.

esp. Personal accoutrements for war; armour, warlike apparel; also the trappings of a horse. Obsolete.

Military. Chiefly in plural. A soldier's outfit or kit. Also as half (also small) mounting in the same sense. Obsolete.

A collection of articles (called articles of kit) forming part of the equipment of a soldier, and carried in a valise or knapsack; also, the valise…