fitting out
Preparing with equipment
Fitting out is the process of equipping or furnishing something for its intended use.
A ship is fitted out with rigging, supplies, and crew before sailing.
A new office is fitted out with desks, computers, and lighting.
The fitting out of the expedition took three months.
The phrase emphasizes preparation and completion rather than mere purchase.
- furnishingItems equipping a space
- equipSupply with necessities
- accouterProvide equipment or dress
- supplyFurnish or stock
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
rigging · safety equipment · life jackets · fire extinguishers · navigation equipment · appointing · gear · cabinetry · loading · commissioning · sea trial · stocking · marine charts · radar systems · uniforms · hull · furniture · berths
- outfittingequipping, gearing up, suiting up, furnishing, supplying
- shipbuildingshipyards, shipyard, dockyards, dockyard, hull
- Shipyardships, boats, drydock, dry dock, slipway
- shipyard workhull repair, dry docking, ship repair, launching, ship launch
- shipyardsshipyard, shipyards, dry dock, drydock, dockyards
- ship designship design, deck plans, stability, buoyancy, ship construction
fitting outstripping down
Removing clothing or components
stripping · decommissioning · dismantling · gutting · unrigging
fitting outdismantling
Taking apart systematically
deconstructing · taking apart · breaking down · disassembling · scrapping
fitting outhollowing out
Removing interior material
breaking down · taking apart · unfurnishing · denuding · vacating
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