Meaning

(originally military) The set of objects (e.g., equipment, supplies) to be carried into battle, onto a jobsite, etc.; all that one needs for a specific purpose..

Definitions by Sense

1. (originally military) The set of objects (e.g., equipment, supplies) to be carried into battle, onto a jobsite, etc.; all that one needs for a specific purpose.
2. (by extension, video games) A set of items and abilities chosen by the player before embarking on an in-game mission.
3. The transfer of an object onto a vessel or vehicle.

Example Sentences

Throughout this period, and beyond, into the rest of the battle, aircraft of various types and loadouts are crisscrossing the skies in desperate harassment attacks, with the pilots having to play constant games of "guess the carrier" to decide where to land as escort carriers are hit, sunk, disappear in columns of shell splashes, or are forced to evade at angles to the wind that make landing on them impossible.

I've got my custom loadout, a holographic scoped assault rifle and a stock of claymore mines to use to cover my back as I look out over the wreckage of the downed transport plane for insurgents.

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'Load-out' : The transfer of a major assembly onto a barge by horizontal movement or by lifting. (For the purposes of this document, the term Barge can be considered to include Pontoon, Ship or Vessel where appropriate).

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Use loadout when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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