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EQUIPAGE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does equipage mean? 

EQUIPAGE (noun)
  The noun EQUIPAGE has 2 senses:

1. equipment and supplies of a military force
2. a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses

  Familiarity information: EQUIPAGE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EQUIPAGE (noun)


Sense 1equipage [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Equipment and supplies of a military force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

equipage; materiel

Hypernyms ("equipage" is a kind of...):

equipment (an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "equipage"):

baggage (the portable equipment and supplies of an army)

marching order (equipage for marching)


Sense 2equipage [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carriage; equipage; rig

Hypernyms ("equipage" is a kind of...):

horse-drawn vehicle (a wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses)

Meronyms (parts of "equipage"):

axletree (a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve)

rumble (a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "equipage"):

barouche (a horse-drawn carriage having four wheels; has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top)

gig (small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood)

hackney; hackney carriage; hackney coach (a carriage for hire)

hansom; hansom cab (a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers)

landau (a four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately)

post chaise (closed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used to transport passengers and mail)

stanhope (a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat)

surrey (a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats)

trap (a light two-wheeled carriage)

troika (a Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast)

gharry (a horse-drawn carriage in India)

droshky; drosky (an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used in Poland and Russia)

brougham (light carriage; pulled by a single horse)

buckboard (an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles)

buggy; roadster (a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse)

cab; cabriolet (small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood)

caroche (a luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century)

chaise; shay (a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse)

chariot (a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage)

clarence (a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers)

coach; coach-and-four; four-in-hand (a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver)


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