Armament
['ɑːməm(ə)nt] or ['ɑrməmənt]
Definition
(n.) A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.
(n.) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
(n.) Any equipment for resistance.
Typed by Anton
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Body of forces.[2]. Guns, cannon, arms, munitions of war.
Typist: Maxine
Definition
n. forces armed or equipped for war: munitions of war esp. the great guns with which a ship is armed.
Editor: Lora
Examples
- This made a powerful armament. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The important elevations within the line had all been carefully fortified and supplied with a proper armament. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Nations with a glorious past as to bravery but with a poor armament have gone down suddenly before smaller forces armed with modern ordnance. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This, however, offered no resistance and fell into our hands, with its armament. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Indianola was superior to all the others in armament, and probably would have destroyed them or driven them away, but for her encumbrance. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They have such modern armament that they lose all their sense with overconfidence. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The Portuguese ships were the bigger, and carried a heavier armament. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The armament was thrown overboard and the vessel run ashore. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In the afternoon of the 15th the fort was assaulted, and after most desperate fighting was captured, with its entire garrison and armament. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Decimus Forthridge, of the American brig Independence, showed his Yankee pluck and resource in defeating an attack of Malay pirates with no other armament than fancy fireworks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The ship is shown lying on her side with her machinery and armament shot into masses of twisted iron and steel, great fires raging forward, amidship and aft. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Wessells, and our gunboats there, and, after severe fighting, the place was carried by assault, and the entire garrison and armament captured. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Tilghman was captured with his staff and ninety men, as well as the armament of the fort, the ammunition and whatever stores were there. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The machine gun invented by Dr. Gatling of the United States during the Civil War and subsequently perfected, has become a part of the armament of every civilised nation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The fort had an armament of 21 guns and 3 mortars on the land side, and 24 guns on the sea front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There were people who were crying aloud for a reduction of armaments---- (But there the Director of Trench Warfare and Supplies was wrong. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Why then did not the United States develop armaments and an aggressive policy? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Melanie