Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Plural of Apparatus. 2. (n.) Things provided as means to some end. 3. (n.) Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism. 4. (n.) A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.

Multi-Version Concordance Apparatus (1 Occurrence) Acts 27:19 And on the third day, they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side. (BBE)