Ordnance
['ɔːdnəns] or ['ɔrdnəns]
Definition
(n.) Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in war.
Checker: Sondra
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cannon, great guns.
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Definition
n. great guns: artillery: (orig.) any arrangement disposition or equipment.—Ordnance survey a preparation of maps and plans of Great Britain and Ireland or parts thereof undertaken by government and carried out by men selected from the Royal Engineers—so called because in earlier days the survey was carried out under the direction of the Master-general of the Ordnance.
Typist: Norton
Examples
- Under such high patronage most of the ideas and principles of ordnance now prevailing were discovered or suggested, but were embodied for the most part in rude and inefficient contrivances. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- 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.
- The piece of ordnance referred to, was mounted in a separate fortress, constructed of lattice-work. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- A favorable report having been made by that body, the Board of Ordnance and Fortification recommended a grant of fifty thousand dollars to defray the expen ses of further research. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Rapid-fire guns of this class represent the most effective form of modern ordnance. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- If Lee's left is turned, large provision will have to be made for ordnance stores. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was through the use of such ordnance that the German army so easily reduced the strongly fortified Belgian cities. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- THE KRUPP BREECH MECHANISM.] _Breech-Loading Ordnance. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Formerly breech-loaders were confined to the heaviest ordnance; now they are a part of the lightest field pieces. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In France General Paixhans and Colonel Treuille de Beaulieu improved the shells and ordnance. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Hi story of the Art of War, and of the arts thereto belongi ng, as Armoury, Bow-making, Arrow -makin g, Musketry, Ordnance, Cross-bows, Machines, etc. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The armor protection in this type of ship is much lower than that of the battleship, while the ordnance, on the other hand, is practically the same. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Bradstreet had spread an ordnance map of the county out upon the seat and was busy with his compasses drawing a circle with Eyford for its centre. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- A supply of ordnance stores will also be necessary. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But their inventions in these directions may be classed as fireworks, and have no material bearing on the modern art of Ordnance. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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