artillery
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English artillerie, from Old French artillerie.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
artillery (countable and uncountable, plural artilleries)
- Large projectile weapons, transportable and usually operated by more than one person; usually various types of cannon, but rocket artillery also exists.
- An army unit that uses such weapons.
- Gunnery.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Campbell to this entry?)
- (archaic) A military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Samuel 20:40:
- And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
weapon
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army unit
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gunnery (science)
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