Artillery
[ɑː'tɪlərɪ] or [ɑr'tɪləri]
Definition
(noun.) large but transportable armament.
(noun.) an army unit that uses big guns.
Typist: Shelley--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows.
(n.) Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds.
(n.) The men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided.
(n.) The science of artillery or gunnery.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Ordnance, cannon, enginery, great guns.
Editor: Lyle
Definition
n. offensive weapons of war esp. cannon mortars &c.: the men who manage them: a branch of the military service: gunnery.—ns. Artill′erist one skilled in artillery or gunnery; Artill′ery-man a soldier of the artillery.
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Examples
- He was an officer in the Artillery, and a near relation to Lady Hyde Parker, I believe. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Against artillery of the present day the land forts and walls would prove elements of weakness rather than strength. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Artillery were out of the question: they were fired now and then, only to show that they had them. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Suitable directions will at once be given for all trains and surplus artillery to conform to this movement. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They take with them neither wagons nor artillery; these latter marching with the balance of the army to the James River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- HUNT, commanding Artillery. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But the sound of his artillery and musketry was heard incessantly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was a very tall gaunt captain of artillery with a red scar along his jaw. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- On September 20th occurred a battle, mainly an artillery encounter, at Valmy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I came near it in French, artillery, infantry and cavalry tactics, and conduct. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He said the Austrians had a great amount of artillery in the woods along Ternova ridge beyond and above us, and shelled the roads badly at night. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- This was the company of Captain Horace Brooks, of the artillery, acting as infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In 1807 he patented in England detonating powder and pellets which were used for artillery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Danville 2d Rockbridge Artillery. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He attacked it from the European side, and with a great power of artillery. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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