equipage
/ˈɛ.kwɪ.pɪdʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.70 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Araminta, come I'll talk ſeriouſly to you now, could you but ſee vvith my Eyes the buffoonry of one Scene of Addreſs, a Lover, ſet out with all his Equipage and Appurtenances; […]"
- "At this moment the carriage turned into the Prado; a thousand magnificent equipages, with plumed horses, superb caparisons, and beautiful women bowing to the cavaliers, who stood for a moment on the foot-board, and then bowed their adieus to the “ladies of their love,” passed before our eyes."
- "For although the Queen had ordered a little Equipage of all things neceſſary while I was in her Service, yet my Ideas were wholly taken up with what I ſaw on every ſide of me, and winked at my own Littleneſs as People do at their own Faults."
- "Miserable and desponding he returned to his home; while Oriana, in again taking leave of her family, was borne back in her aunt's equipage to the splendours of the Park."
- "Loe-heere a description, much resembling the equipage of a compleat French-man at armes, with all his bards."
Etymology
From Middle French equippage, from equipper. The "carriage" sense may be influenced by Latin equus (“horse”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɛ.kwɪ.pɪdʒ/