Compact cupboard holding second-hand equipment primarily (5-3)

I believe the answer is:
close-set
'compact' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'cupboard holding second-hand equipment primarily' is the wordplay.
'cupboard' becomes 'closet' (type of cupboard).
'holding' is an insertion indicator.
'second-hand' becomes 's' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'primarily' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'equipment' is 'e'.
's'+'e'='se'
'closet' placed around 'se' is 'CLOSE-SET'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for close-set that I've seen before include "(Eg of eyes) very near to each other" , "With little space between them, eyes perhaps" , "Tight together" .)
