Obs. [f. EQUI- + PACE.] Equal step; regular marching order. In equipace, in equal step. Cf. EQUIPAGE 14.
1600. J. Lane, Tom Tel-troth, 120. They strive to keep in equipace.
1619. Hales, Gold. Rem. (1688), 456. Martinius who goes in æquipace with Gomarus in Learning, [etc.]. Ibid., 59. By lessening our steps to keep them in equipace with us.
1627. Drayton, Miseries Q. Margaret, xix. Twelve barons in their equipace, and twenty bishops.