arming

English

Verb

arming

1. Present participle of arm.

Noun

arming (plural armings)

1. (nautical) A piece of tallow or soap put in the cavity and over the bottom of a sounding lead to pick up samples of the bottom of the sea.

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2. The act of supplying with arms and ammunition in preparation of a conflict
   • Macaulay

     The arming was now universal.

3. (nautical, chiefly in the plural) One of the red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.

References

• FM 55-501 Marine Crewman’s Handbook

Translations

Anagrams

• Ingram
• margin