Armoury

//ˈɑɹməɹi// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A place where arms are kept, an arsenal. UK, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a place where arms are manufactured wordnet
  3. 3
    A collection of weapons and materiel. UK, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms wordnet
  5. 5
    A place where arms are made. UK, countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    all the weapons and equipment that a country has wordnet
  2. 7
    The manufacture of armour and arms; arming, armouring. UK, countable, uncountable

    "(1.) *Armorist. n. s. [from armour.] A person skilled in heraldry. Dict. (2.) Armorist, signifies also a person skilled in armory."

  3. 8
    a collection of resources wordnet
  4. 9
    Heraldry. UK, countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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armoryarmoryarsenalarsenalinventory

Example

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"Holmes stretched upon the sofa, while Hayter and I looked over his little armoury of Eastern weapons."

Etymology

From Middle English armerie, armurie, armorye, from Anglo-Norman armurrie, from armure (“arms, armor”) + -ie (“-y”). By surface analysis, armour + -y.

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