Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a collection of resources.
- noun all the weapons and equipment that a country has.
- noun a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms.
- noun a place where arms are manufactured.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Heraldry - noun A place where
arms are kept, anarsenal . - noun A collection of
weapons andmateriel . - noun A place where arms are made.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms
- noun a collection of resources
- noun a place where arms are manufactured
- noun all the weapons and equipment that a country has
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Examples
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Our chief weapon in this armoury is our handbook Selling to Canada, the first print of which (10,000 copies) is now exhausted - a second edition has been prepared.
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The current residents of the armoury are the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment, a proud and storied regiment that traces it's lineage in Canada to 1800.
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In the armoury is the very suit painted by Caravaggio, by the side of the armour of the noble old La Valette, whose heroism saved his island from the efforts of Mustapha and Dragut, and an army quite as fierce and numerous as that which was baffled before
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From the windows of the armoury is a view of the palace-gardens.
The South of France—East Half C. B. Black
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"If that is all there is in the armoury, that is all we have."
Love-at-Arms Rafael Sabatini 1912
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The room which she had occupied during her stay in the Castle, was the one that is now called the armoury, but was then used as an entrance hall.
A Christmas Cake in Four Quarters Mary Anne 1871
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In the armoury is the chair of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden.
Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The third waggon was called the armoury, or the Major's waggon; it was not fitted up like the two first.
The Mission; or Scenes in Africa Frederick Marryat 1820
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Their armoury is the prettiest plaything I ever yet saw, neatly kept, and capable of furnishing twenty-five thousand men with arms.
Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I Hester Lynch Piozzi 1781
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The one thing she does not have in her armoury is the 3½-revolution triple axel, which adds a layer of intrigue to the competition similar to the athleticism/artistry debate that accompanied Evan Lysacek's victory over Yevgeny Plushenko last week.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
chained_bear commented on the word armoury
A weapons storage room. Also spelled armory.
August 24, 2008