Hypertext Webster Gateway: "materiel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mat'eriel \Ma`t['e]`ri`el"\, n. [F. See {Material}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
materiel
n : equipment and supplies of a military force [syn: {equipage}]
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