单词 | small armoury |
释义 | small armourysmall armoryn. Now historical. An armoury for small arms. Chiefly as the name of an armoury within the Tower of London. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > store of weapons or equipment > [noun] > place for storing weapons armoury1440 arsenal1572 magazinea1599 small armoury1713 armamentary1727 place of arms1768 ammunition depot1799 expense magazine1839 bell1858 ammunition dump1918 weapon-pita1944 silo1958 1713 Brit. Curiosities 50 (heading) The small armory. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 340 Two..rooms, one of which is a small-armoury for the sea-service. 1841 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 642/1 The Small Armoury, in which were above 150,000 stand of small arms. 1978 R. D. Altick Shows of London vii. 88/1 The ‘small armoury’ had arms for an additional 150,000 men. 2009 C. Dickason King's Daughter 299 My brother was in the small armoury at Whitehall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1713 |
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