armoury

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɑɹməɹi/
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/ˈɑɹməɹi/ · /ˈɑːməɹi/

Definition of armoury

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (UK, also, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A place where arms are kept, an arsenal.
    “Finally, there's also operational damage through impact energy from wheels hitting the rail. For that, Network Rail has another weapon in its armoury in the form of the Plain Line Pattern Recognition (PLPR) trains. These use geometry measurement and imaging to detect abnormalities such as missing or defective fastenings.”
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noun

  1. (UK, also, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A place where arms are kept, an arsenal.
    “Finally, there's also operational damage through impact energy from wheels hitting the rail. For that, Network Rail has another weapon in its armoury in the form of the Plain Line Pattern Recognition (PLPR) trains. These use geometry measurement and imaging to detect abnormalities such as missing or defective fastenings.”
  2. (UK, countable, uncountable)A collection of weapons and materiel.
  3. (UK, countable, uncountable)A place where arms are made.
  4. (UK, countable, uncountable)The manufacture of armour and arms; arming, armouring.
    “(1.) *Armorist. n. s. [from armour.] A person skilled in heraldry. Dict. (2.) Armorist, signifies also a person skilled in armory.”
    “He replied that he intended to pass through there to his own land, since he could not go by sea {because of the Turks}, and the ambassador was going in order, if he could find a way, to bring back some craftsmen skilled in armoury and[…]”
  5. (UK, countable, uncountable)Heraldry.

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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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