fitment

American  

[fit-muhnt] / ˈfɪt mənt /

noun

1. equipment; furnishing.

2. fitments, fittings.

   the fitments of a ship.

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fitment British  

/ ˈfɪtmənt /

noun

1. machinery an accessory attached to an assembly of parts

2. a detachable part of the furnishings of a room

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Usage

What does fitment mean? The word fitment can be used as a general term for a variety of objects used as fittings, furnishings, fixtures, and other kinds of equipment.A fitment can be a part of a machine, especially an accessory that’s attached to another part of the assembly.The plural form of the word, fitments, is used to refer to the fittings or parts of a ship.Fitments also include things like furniture, such as cabinets, and other furnishings and fixtures, like towel racks or coat hooks. This sense of the word is primarily used by speakers of British English.Otherwise, fitment is not a commonly used word, and words like fitting, furnishing, fixture, and equipment are much more common.Example: All of these fitments are no longer manufactured, so they had to be custom made to fit the assembly.

Etymology

Origin of fitment

First recorded in 1600–10; fit ¹ + -ment

Example Sentences

Those are then tested for fitment and quality, and once approved, we can go to production.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are hand-carved stages, fitment stages, 3D scanning to build plastic molds for fitment, blueprinting to build complete 3D high-compression steel molds, and then prototypes are made and tested with our team riders.

From Time Magazine Archive

Robert Edis, in "Decoration and Furniture of Town Houses," has published designs which are both simple and economical, with regard to space and money, while suitable to the specified purpose of the furniture or "fitment."

From Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time by Litchfield, Frederick

I am, sir, The soldier that did company these three In poor beseeming; 'twas a fitment for The purpose I then follow'd.

From Cymbeline by Shakespeare, William

Terror, Commander Back, was saved entirely owing to this fitment, the after section being full of water all the passage home; and lately the mail packet Samphire was similarly saved.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir