materiel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun equipment and supplies of a military force
    equipage.

WordNet

Ma`té`ri`el" noun (Also<
  • Materiel
  • Matériel
)
Etymology
F. See Material.
Definitions
  1. That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers.

Webster 1913