From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Equipage \Eq"ui*page\ (?; 48), n. [F. ['e]quipage, fr.
['e]quiper. See Equip.]
1. Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental;
especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel,
fitting her for a voyage or for warlike purposes, or the
furniture and necessaries of an army, a body of troops, or
a single soldier, including whatever is necessary for
efficient service; equipments; accouterments; habiliments;
attire.
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Did their exercises on horseback with noble
equipage. --Evelyn.
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First strip off all her equipage of Pride. --Pope.
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2. Retinue; train; suite. --Swift.
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3. A carriage of state or of pleasure with all that
accompanies it, as horses, liveried servants, etc., a
showy turn-out.
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The rumbling equipages of fashion . . . were unknown
in the settlement of New Amsterdam. --W. Irving.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equipage
n 1: equipment and supplies of a military force [syn:
materiel, equipage]
2: a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses [syn:
carriage, equipage, rig]