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ordnances

ordnances is the plural of ordnance.

Meaning of ordnance

Noun

ordnance (countable and uncountable, plural ordnances)

  1. (collective) Military equipment, especially weapons and ammunition.
    • When the Turkes tooke Conſtantinople, they melted the Bells into Ordnance; I haue heard both Bells and Ordnance, but neuer been ſo much affected with thoſe, as with theſe Bells.1624, John Donne, chapter XVI, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, page 389
  2. Artillery.
    • Let all the Battlements their Ordinance fire, / The King shal drinke to Hamlets better breath,c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about ordnances

What is ordnances the plural of?
Ordnances is the plural of ordnance.

Words near ordnances in the dictionary

  1. Ordnance Survey
  2. Ordnance Survey map
  3. Ordnance Survey maps
  4. ordnanceman
  5. ordnancemen
  6. ordnances
  7. Ordnung
  8. ordo
  9. ordo amoris
  10. ordo salutis
  11. ordoliberal

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