Meaning of ORDNANCE
| Pronunciation: | | 'ordnuns
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- [n] large but transportable armament
- [n] military supplies
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| | Synonyms: | | artillery, gun, heavy weapon, munitions, ordnance stores |
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| | See Also: | | arbalest, arbalist, armament, battery, bricole, cannon, catapult, field artillery, field gun, four-pounder, gunstock, onager, stock, trebuchet, trebucket | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ord"nance\, n. [From OE. ordenance, referring orig. to
the bore or size of the cannon. See {Ordinance}.]
Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and
howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all
weapons and appliances used in war.
All the battlements their ordnance fire. --Shak.
Then you may hear afar off the awful roar of his [Rufus
Choate's] rifled ordnance. --E. Ererett.
{Ordnance survey}, the official survey of Great Britain and
Ireland, conducted by the ordnance department.
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| | Related Terms: | | armament, arms, artillery, A-weapons, battery, biological weapons, cannon, cannonry, coast artillery, conventional weapons, deadly weapons, field artillery, flak, heavy field artillery, instruments of destruction, missilery, munitions, musketry, nuclear weapons, side arms, siege artillery, siege engine, small arms, thermonuclear weapons, trench artillery, weaponry, weapons |
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