Noah Webster
Gear
GEAR, noun
1. Apparatus; whatever is prepared; hence, habit; dress; ornaments.
Array thyself in her most gorgeous gear
2. More generally, the harness or furniture of beasts; whatever is used in equipping horses or cattle for draught; tackle.
3. In Scotland, warlike accouterments; also, goods, riches.
4. Business; matters.
5. By seamen pronounced jears, which see.
GEAR, verb transitive To dress; to put on gear; to harness.