The Collaborative International Dictionary
Artillery \Ar*til"ler*y\, n. [OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie, arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns, ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm, prob. from L. ars, artis, skill in joining something, art. See Art.]
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Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows. [Obs.]
And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad.
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Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds.
Note: The word is sometimes used in a more extended sense, including the powder, cartridges, matches, utensils, machines of all kinds, and horses, that belong to a train of artillery.
The men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided.
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The science of artillery or gunnery. --Campbell. Artillery park, or Park of artillery.
A collective body of siege or field artillery, including the guns, and the carriages, ammunition, appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for working them.
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The place where the artillery is encamped or collected.
Artillery train, or Train of artillery, a number of pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their furniture, ready for marching.
Usage examples of "artillery train".
The score or so that fell on target hammered into the Colonial artillery train, still tied to limbers and teams.
We had to leave the artillery train in orbit with most of our vehicles.
Alkides, who looked almost as grim as Ptosphes, after being ordered to blow up much of the captured Harphaxi artillery train at Chothros Heights—.
On July 2, Burgoyne seized a strategic outpost commanding the connection with Lake George, and General William Phillips, who commanded Burgoynes artillery train, sent an engineer up Sugar Loaf Hill to assess its potential for the siege.
They have with them at least two medium tanks and an appreciable artillery train.
The heretics have gained their weapons, including their entire artillery train.
The heretics have gained their weapons, including their entire artillery train .
That of Lyons stops an artillery train, under the pretext that the ministry in office does not enjoy the nation's confidence.
The heretics have gained their weapons, including their entire artillery train .