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Definition of Fitment

1. Noun. Any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture). "She liked the kitchen fitments"

Definition of Fitment

1. n. The act of fitting; that which is proper or becoming; equipment.

Definition of Fitment

1. Noun. (archaic) Something that suits or fits. ¹

2. Noun. A thing fitted to another in order to accomplish a specific purpose. ¹

3. Noun. An item of permanent furniture or equipment. ¹

4. Noun. The act of furnishing with fitments; an instance of such an act. ¹

5. Noun. (India) The categorisation of an employee, for the purpose of calculating salary or allowances. ¹

6. Noun. The proper positioning and orientation of a thing for it to serve its designed purpose. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fitment

1. equipment [n -S] - See also: equipment

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fitment

Literary usage of Fitment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Corps of Royal Engineers by Whitworth Porter, Charles Moore Watson (1889)
"... Designers—Inglis and the Ironwork of the Forts— fitment Committee—Coaling Stations and Mercantile Ports—Militia and Volunteer Submarine Miners—Engineer ..."

2. History of the Corps of Royal Engineers. by Whitworth Porter (1889)
"... Designers—Inglis and the Ironwork of the Forts— fitment Committee —Coaling Stations and Mercantile Ports—Militia and Volunteer Submarine Miners—Engineer ..."

3. Sanitary House Drainage: Its Principles and Practice : a Handbook for the by Thomas Everitt Coleman (1896)
"WATER-CLOSETS :—Water-closets to be trapped and the soil pipe ventilated—The essentials of a satisfactory closet fitment—Objections to pan ..."

4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1892)
"The anti-fouling properties of copper-sheathing— which from a very early date formed an essential item in the proper fitment of a wooden vessel for sea—were ..."

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