单词 | armory |
释义 | armoryn. 1. Heraldry; the art or profession of blazoning coats of arms. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > cupboard or cabinet > [noun] aumbry1356 shelfc1440 armoryc1485 cupboard1530 armoire1571 amberc1625 tabern1657 dark-closet1726 almirah1788 cwtch1890 bahuta1916 muurkas1949 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > [noun] heraldy1390 armoryc1485 heraldry1572 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 260 Men of honour & of estate suld be knawin be thair armes—the quhilkis ar callit thair takenys jn armoury. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. xvii. sig. Siiij Of the armoirie... White that men calle in armoyrye [Fr. armoyerie] siluer..blak that men calle in armoyrie [Fr. armoyerie] sable. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie Ep. Ded. sig. .ii The science and skill of Armory. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. ii. 5 Armory is an Art rightly prescribing the true knowledge and vse of Armes. a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) ii. 128 The king learned armory, geography, and history. 1765 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elements Heraldry iii. 18 Besides these Tinctures, there are nine Roundelets or Balls used in Armory. 1776 H. Clark & T. Wormull Short & Easy Introd. Heraldry (ed. 2) 69 The student in armory will have a true knowledge of the most useful terms that are used in the science of heraldry. 1846 W. Newton Display of Heraldry 106 Squirrels are but seldom met with in armory. 1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) i. 21 Anterior to the period in which a system of Armory was established. 1956 T. Innes Scots Heraldry (ed. 2) iv. 20 The shield..was made heraldic as soon as the science of armory came to Scotland. 1993 B. J. Stein U.S. Army Heraldic Crests ii. 138/1 The chevron, one of the oldest heraldic charges in ancient armory, signifies a gable. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > flag, banner, or standard senyec900 beaconOE markOE banner?c1225 here-markec1275 ensignc1400 standard?a1439 standard1497 armory1523 flag1530 handsenyie1545 ancient1554 labarum1563 antsign1571 ensign-staff1707 brattach1828 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clx. f. lxxixv There myght a been sene a great nobles of fayre harnesse and riche armory of baners and penons [Fr. grant noblesse des..riches armoyries]. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxvii. 338 The baners and penons, and ye noble armery [Fr. armoierie]. 3. Armorial bearings, heraldic arms. Also in plural in same sense. Now rare (archaic).In quot. 1587 perhaps: a work consisting of armorial bearings. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun] arming1446 coat-armour1486 arms1489 armory1525 armour1548 blazonrya1649 emblazonry1667 emblazoning1820 scutcheonry1827 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. cclviii/1 Our souerayne lorde kyng Richarde, this yere past, whan he was in Irelande, in all his armories and deuyses, he lefte the beryng of the armes of Englande. c1536 Batayle of Egyngecourte sig. A.iiv Full well broydered with armory gaye. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 152/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II He had some sight in good letters and in histories and armories. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xi. 558/1 Knights, Esquiers, and men of Armories. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 7 b He first quartered the French Armories with the English in his great Seale. a1725 A. Nisbet Syst. Heraldry (1742) II. iv. xiii. 141 The Rise and Original of the Usage of Manteauxes and Pavilions in Armories. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Lines, in heraldry, the figures used in armories to divide the shield into different parts, and to compose different figures. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise ii. 167 Some great man's badge of war, or armoury. 2004 A. Campbell Hist. Clan Campbell (2006) III. 318 This collection of Campbell armory can only be a part of the whole and there is still much more to add and to record. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : armouryarmoryn. < n.c1485 see also |
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