Gunnery
['gʌnərɪ] or ['gʌnəri]
Definition
(n.) That branch of military science which comprehends the theory of projectiles, and the manner of constructing and using ordnance.
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Examples
- Never before had the supreme value of gunnery in warfare been so fully demonstrated. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As facts are better than theories, it will be of interest to adduce a recent example of gunnery of a most illuminating type, but as regards distance and remarkable accuracy of aim. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If the date of this gun be correctly stated, a very rapid advance in the art of gunnery must have been made after the invention of gunpowder, which took place only one hundred years previously. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The range of these giant cannon is enormous and their destructive power great, this being added to by the fact that the explosive shell has replaced the solid round shot of old-time gunnery. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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