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ordnance

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11
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14
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8
Pronunciation
/ˈɔːdnəns/ (UK)
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/ˈɔːdnəns/ (UK) · /ˈɔːdɪnəns/ (UK) · /ˈoɹdnəns/ (US) · /ˈoɹdɪnəns/ (US)

Definition of ordnance

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (collective, countable, uncountable)Military equipment, especially weapons and ammunition.
    “When the Turkes tooke Conſtantinople, they melted the Bells into Ordnance; I haue heard both Bells and Ordnance, but neuer been ſo much affected with thoſe, as with theſe Bells.”
    “What Mr. Vance’s trip made clear is that both sides think they emerged as the victor of the first round: the United States by dropping so much ordnance on Iran, the Iranians by surviving. Neither seems in the mood for compromise.”
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noun

  1. (collective, countable, uncountable)Military equipment, especially weapons and ammunition.
    “When the Turkes tooke Conſtantinople, they melted the Bells into Ordnance; I haue heard both Bells and Ordnance, but neuer been ſo much affected with thoſe, as with theſe Bells.”
    “What Mr. Vance’s trip made clear is that both sides think they emerged as the victor of the first round: the United States by dropping so much ordnance on Iran, the Iranians by surviving. Neither seems in the mood for compromise.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Artillery.
    “Let all the Battlements their Ordinance fire, / The King shal drinke to Hamlets better breath,”
    “From the belfries far and near the funereal deathbell tolled unceasingly while all around the gloomy precincts rolled the ominous warning of a hundred muffled drums punctuated by the hollow booming of pieces of ordnance.”

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Etymology

A reduced form of ordinance, which is attested from the late 14th century in the sense of “military equipment or provisions”. The sense of “artillery” arises in the early 15th…

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A reduced form of ordinance, which is attested from the late 14th century in the sense of “military equipment or provisions”. The sense of “artillery” arises in the early 15th century, the sense “military logistics” in the late 15th century. The shortened form ordnance arises by the 17th century, now often distinguished in writing from the other meanings of ordinance. Also doublet of ordonnance.

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