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field artillery

field artillery noun: the part of an army's artillery which consists of (light) fieldpieces (cannons, howitzers) which are mobile enough to deploy on the (battle) field, as opposed to the fixed guns in fortifications or naval artillery; usually excludes antiaircraft.

Noun

field artillery (countable and uncountable, plural field artilleries)

  1. The part of an army's artillery which consists of (light) fieldpieces (cannons, howitzers) which are mobile enough to deploy on the (battle) field, as opposed to the fixed guns in fortifications or naval artillery; usually excludes antiaircraft.

Forms of field artillery

pluralfield artilleries

Questions about field artillery

What does field artillery mean?
Field artillery means the part of an army's artillery which consists of (light) fieldpieces (cannons, howitzers) which are mobile enough to deploy on the (battle) field, as opposed to the fixed guns in fortifications or naval artillery; usually excludes antiaircraft.
What part of speech is field artillery?
Field artillery is a noun.
What is the plural of field artillery?
The plural of field artillery is field artilleries.

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