Crossword clues for armory
armory
- Weapons warehouse
- National Guard center
- Weapon store
- Weapons source
- National Guard outpost
- Where to find magazines
- Weapons facility
- Store with magazines
- Storage site for weapons
- Site of stored weapons
- Public emergency shelter, often
- Place for military drills
- National Guard headquarters
- National Guard hangout
- National Guard drill hall
- Military drill place
- Magazine's cousin
- National Guard building
- Magazine's kin
- Storehouse
- A collection of resources
- All the weapons and equipment that a country has
- A military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms
- A place where arms are manufactured
- Mil. depot
- Military drill center
- Building with a drill hall
- Military drill hall
- Weapons cache
- Military storehouse
- Weapons depot
- Weapons store
- Weapons storehouse
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Armory \Ar"mo*ry\, n.; pl. Armories. [OF. armaire, armarie, F. armoire, fr. L. armarium place for keeping arms; but confused with F. armoiries. See Armorial, Ambry.]
A place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.
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Armor; defensive and offensive arms.
Celestial armory, shields, helms, and spears.
--Milton. A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords. [U.S.]
Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings.
--Spenser.-
That branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor.
The science of heraldry, or, more justly speaking, armory, which is but one branch of heraldry, is, without doubt, of very ancient origin.
--Cussans.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"arms and weapons collectively," c.1300; see arm (n.2) + -ory. Meaning "place where arms are manufactured" is from mid-15c. Also used in a sense of "arsenal" (mid-15c.), "the science of heraldry" (late 15c.), from Old French armoierie, from armoier "to blazon," from Latin arma "weapons" (see arm (n.2)).
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of armoury from=American spelling English)
WordNet
n. a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer" [syn: armoury, inventory]
all the weapons and equipment that a country has [syn: arsenal, armoury]
a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms [syn: arsenal, armoury]
Wikipedia
Armory or armoury may mean:
- National Guard Armory, in the United States and Canada, a training place for National Guard or other part-time or regular military staff, often chiefly an athletic facility and/or indoor marching practice space
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Arsenal, a military location for the storage of arms and ammunition
- Kremlin Armoury
- Armoury, Innsbruck
- Armoury (Siġġiewi)
- Coat armory, or coats of arms, displays of heraldry
- Armory (comics), a Marvel Comics character
- Armory (software), an open source bitcoin wallet with advanced security features
- Armoury Gallery
- Armoury Studios
Armory (Violet Lightner) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Armory was one of the new Initiative recruits that arrived at Camp Hammond with Cloud 9, Hardball, Komodo, MVP, Trauma and others.
Usage examples of "armory".
He pulled open the armory door, and looked down into the sand-covered training arena.
Since it was already early evening, the warriors had left the armory, but the large cavern was still full of whelps and boys, cleaning up, repairing leathers and harnesses, or raking the sand that covered the floor.
He reached for his shette, remembered it was in the armory, and opened his arms in a ready stance.
Volf tried to look innocent as he meekly followed Sair toward the armory, but he watched his grey-haired leader worriedly.
He nearly ripped the door to the armory off its hinges, took a deep breath and stepped onto the top of the armory stairs.
The familiar smell of lamp oil, leather and sweat enfolded him as he looked down on the sand-covered armory floor where he had spent so many years, first training to be a warrior, then proving over and over to his men that he was the best fighter in the pack.
But his heart sped up again in the tunnel that joined the armory to the staff room.
The older warriors were filing out of the armory and following Haddim down the steps cut into the cliffs.
Mikhail entered the armory to summon his men to the hunt he swore silently.
From now on they would live in the dorms on the armory deck, and their mothers would only see them on Assembly Day.
He stared at the dim armory, ashamed of the way he had treated the only man who had remained his friend throughout this whole mess.
He was showing Bart favor by letting him visit the armory and have a quick visit with his new wife.
You will feed your wife, but you will not be allowed to leave the armory level.
Because the New England Dog Training Club meets in the Cambridge Armory on Thursday nights, it is especially important to point out that the characters and the dog training club in this novel are imaginary.
Gerry Pitts, the manager of the Cambridge Armory, checked outside at least ten times just to make sure that no handlers were exercising their dogs on the lawn.