kit

1a (1) :  a collection of articles usually for personal use a travel kit (2) :  a set of tools or implements a carpenter's kit (3) :  a set of parts to be assembled or worked up a model-airplane kit (4) :  a packaged collection of related material a convention kit (5) chiefly British :  gear run over to my billet and get some overnight kit — Lionel Shapirob :  a container for any of such sets or collections

2 :  a group of persons or things —usually used in the phrase the whole kit and caboodle

3 dialectal British :  a wooden tub