equipments

Noun

equipment (usually uncountable, plural equipments)

1. (usually) The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
   • The equipment of the fleet was therefore hastened by de Witt ; in hopes that , by striking at first a successful blow , he might inspire courage into the dismayed States1756-1761, David Hume, The History of England
2. (usually) Any items used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.
   • We need more gardening equipment if we want to properly landscape our yard, not just a rake and some gloves.
3. (humorous, slang, usually) The male genitalia.
   • The segment advises the reader matter-of-factly that “the penis [of a whale] should be tucked inside the body and when needed enlarged into an erection”. At the very least, the statement sounds odd. At most, it could make human penis owners consider that their equipment might not represent the...2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 93