What, exactly, is "kit"?

[pelagic_by_nature]

thanks

 

[Walter]

It's a term the Brits use to indicate their gear.

 

[Cavs42]

it's a term used by most military personnel when they're talking about their gear, not just Brits.

 

[pelagic_by_nature]

Judging by the context in which I've seen it used, that would have been my guess (except for the brits/military part):goingdown:

 

[SteveAD]

it's a term used by most military personnel when they're talking about their gear, not just Brits.

Ok, brits and canucks, it is certainly not a term in common use by US military personnel.

 

[Walter]

I just know I often see Brits using it. I know I only have noticed Americans using it when talking to Brits.

kit - noun
1. a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
2. the case for containing these.
3. such a case and its contents.
4. a set of materials or parts from which something can be assembled: a model car made from a kit.
5. Informal. a set, lot, or collection of things or persons.
6. a wooden tub, pail, etc., usually circular.
7. Chiefly British. a costume or outfit of clothing, esp. for a specific purpose: ski kit; dancing kit; battle kit.

 

[lemon]

I believe it was a talking car on a popular TV action show during the 1980s. I could be wrong though.

 

[Doc]

Yes, the Brits haul their kit in the boot, lest it be in a lorry.

We Colonials call it "junk", not in the Steve-O meaning of the word, which the Brits refer to as Bollocks.

We parted at the dive boat and she said to me, "Knock me up tonight?" How could i resist?

kit(n) :collection of things esp. used in the phrase kit and caboodle.

Man, she had quite the caboodle. :gorgeous:

 

[nwhitney2003]

I believe it was a talking car on a popular TV action show during the 1980s. I could be wrong though.

You are correct though you're missing a "T".
It was KITT or Knight Industries Two Thousand me=

 

[Mike Campbell]

What Walter said...."kit" or "kit up" is frequently used in US SO units, but is in fact, borrowed from the Brits....
Mike