Fûr'ni-tūre, n.
(53), n. [Fr. fourniture, O. It. fornitura. See supra.]
Sense 1. That which furnishes, or with which any thing is furnished or supplied; fitting out; supply of necessary, convenient, or ornamental articles for any business or residence; also, a supply of intellectual stores or equipments.
Sense 2. Whatever must be supplied to a house, a room, or the like, to make it habitable, convenient, or agreeable; goods, vessels, utensils, and other appendages necessary or convenient for house-keeping; whatever is added to the interior of a house or apartment, for use or convenience; chattels; movables; effects; also, the necessary appendages to any thing, as to a machine, a carriage, a table, a horse, and the like; as, the furniture of a printing-press, of a gig, of a ship; table-furniture; horse-furniture, and the like.
The form and all the furniture of the earth. Tillotson.
The horse's furniture must be of very sensible colors. Dryden.
Sense 3. (Mus.) A mixed or compound stop in an organ, sometimes called mixture.