Definition of furniture

• v. t. - That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.
• v. t. - Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc.
• v. t. - The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc.
• v. t. - The masts and rigging of a ship.
• v. t. - The mountings of a gun.
• v. t. - Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings.
• v. t. - Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the quoins, serving to secure the form in its place in the chase.
• v. t. - A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture.