Definition of ARTILLERY

artillery

Meanings

Plural: artilleries

Noun

  • large but transportable armament
  • an army unit that uses big guns
  • a means of persuading or arguing
  • Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
  • An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
  • Gunnery (design and manufacture of guns).
  • Weapons, especially siege engines.
  • One or more guns.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English artillerie, from Old French artillerie (“collection of military engines, crossbows, lances etc.”), from artillier (“to equip, provide with contraptions”), alteration of atiller (“to arrange, adjust, put on clothes or, especially, pieces of armour”) (influenced by art), itself from Vulgar Latin *apticlō < **apticulō, from Latin aptō (“to make capable”).

Synonyms

artillery unit, gun, heavy weapon, ordnance, weapon

Scrabble Score: 12

artillery is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
artillery is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
artillery is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

artillery is a valid Words With Friends word