Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

2. (n.) Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments.