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artilleries

artilleries is the plural of artillery.

Meaning of artillery

Noun

artillery (countable and uncountable, plural artilleries)

  1. Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
  2. An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
  3. Gunnery (design and manufacture of guns).
  4. (archaic) Weapons, especially siege engines.
    • And Ionathan gaue his artillery vnto his ladde, and said vnto him, Goe, cary them to the citie.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 20:40
  5. (Ireland, UK, slang) One or more guns.

Phrases with artilleries

Questions about artilleries

What is artilleries the plural of?
Artilleries is the plural of artillery.

Words near artilleries in the dictionary

  1. artigis
  2. Artigues
  3. artilect
  4. artilects
  5. Artiles
  6. artilleries
  7. artillerist
  8. artillerists
  9. artillery
  10. artillery fern
  11. artillery ferns

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