Definition of "materiel"

Instead, it was a 1941 Volkswagen Kübelwagen Type 82, the first acquisition in a collection of war matériel begun 10 years ago by Mr. Coffman, a refrigeration service technician from Marengo, Ill.

2012 December 15, Tudor Van Hampton, “Check-to-Check Combat Over Vintage War Matériel”, in The New York Times‎