Arming

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of supplying (oneself or others) with armor and (now especially) arms and ammunition in preparation for a conflict; the act of providing with the means of defense and attack.

    "The arming was now universal."

  2. 2
    the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of supplying (oneself or others) with armor and (now especially) arms and ammunition in preparation for a conflict; the act of providing with the means of defense and attack.; The affixing and securing on of armor. especially, in-compounds

    "arming buckle, arming doublet, arming garments (garments for anchoring armor to), arming harness, arming jacket, arming nail, arming point, arming straps (for securing armor)"

  4. 4
    The act of supplying with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task.

    "The novelty largely consists in the arming of such subordinate officials of the statutory court with the new magic wand of the record book and of spoken English;[…]"

  5. 5
    The act of preparing a tool or a weapon for action; activation.

    "This insures the arming of the fuze when fired."

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  1. 6
    A piece of tallow or soap put in the cavity and over the bottom of a sounding lead to pick up samples of the bottom of the sea.

    "the nature of the sea bed indicated by the arming in the cavity at the base[…]"

  2. 7
    One of the red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays, or used as a visual screen during times of action. in-plural
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of arm form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English armyng.

Etymology 2

From Middle English armyng.

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