Arsenal
['ɑrsənl]
Definition
(noun.) a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms.
(noun.) all the weapons and equipment that a country has.
Editor: Lucia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service.
Edited by Colin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Armory, magazine of arms, repository of military stores.
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Definition
n. a dock possessing naval stores: a public magazine or manufactory of naval and military stores.
Editor: Trudy
Examples
- Camp Jackson surrendered without a fight and the garrison was marched down to the arsenal as prisoners of war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I had heard of the surrender of the camp and that the garrison was on its way to the arsenal. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Lyon at the arsenal, and but for the timely services of the Hon. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Arsenal at Frankford, Philadelphia, devised a series of cartridge-making machines which ranked among the highest triumphs of American invention. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I went down to the arsenal in the morning to see the troops start out. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- By nightfall the late defenders of Camp Jackson were all within the walls of the St. Louis arsenal, prisoners of war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- As the troops marched out of the enclosure around the arsenal, Blair was on his horse outside forming them into line preparatory to their march. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I now determined to go to the arsenal and await their arrival and congratulate them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Blair, I have little doubt that St. Louis would have gone into rebel hands, and with it the arsenal with all its arms and ammunition. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- About a year before leaving the Cabinet he had removed arms from northern to southern arsenals. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Editor: Samantha