furniture

Forms

1.Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
- How much furniture did they leave behind?
- They bought a couple of pieces of furniture.
- A chair is furniture. Sofas are also furniture.
2.The harness, trappings etc. of a horse, hawk, or other animal.
- Amongst the rich this part of a hawk's furniture is ornamented with embroidery, handsome silver aigrettes, tassels and other decorations.
- Horse furniture included a white sheepskin with red ‘wolf's teeth’; blue shabraque with yellow edging and royal cypher; blue valise with yellow edging.
- We commend a horse because he is strong and nimble,[…]and not for his furniture: a greyhound for his swiftnesse, not for his collar: a hawke for her wing, not for her cranes or bells.
3.Fittings, such as handles, of a door, coffin, or other wooden item.
- There is too much furniture in the house.
4.The stock and forearm of a weapon.
- There is too much furniture in the house.

Uncommon· #3379

From Middle French fourniture (“a supply, or the act of furnishing”)

From fournir (“to furnish”).