Armaliten.

Brit.

/ˈɑːməlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɑrməˌlaɪt/

Forms: 1900s– ArmaLite, 1900s– Armalite. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: arms n., English -a- , lite adj.²

Etymology: < arm, singular of arms n. + -a-, connective element + lite adj.²

Originally U.S.

1. A type of light automatic rifle, manufactured in the United States. Also more fully Armalite rifle.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > small arms by manufacturer

Springfield1813

Remington1846

Sharps1850

Smith & Wesson1859

Savage1892

Parabellum1904

Webley1911

Walther1920

Tokarev1953

Armalite1958

1958 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 4 Mar. tm5/1 ArmaLite. For small bore weapons comprising pistols, rifles, and carbines.

1962 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 30 Mar. 6/2 There is no indication how many armalites have been sent to Vietnam.

1966 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 Sept. 11/2 The US armalite rifle is to go on..issue to all Australian Army battalions and training units.

1966 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 Sept. 11/2 Armalite ammunition.

1978 K. Warner Pract. Bk. Guns ix. 99/1 There are those who can convince themselves that such items as the Armalite AR-180 in 223 are utility guns.

1984 in E. Fairweather et al. Only Rivers run Free v. 254 When at last they came into sight I squeezed the trigger of my armalite.

2012 K. Fox Until Next Time 307 The Armalites were carefully hidden beneath the load in back.

2. Used allusively to denote armed violence as a means of pursuing a political cause, esp. in the Armalite and the ballot box and variants: (the name given to) the policy (as favoured by some elements of the Irish Republican movement) of pursuing a united Ireland through both violent attacks carried out by the Provisional IRA and electoral advances by Sinn Fein.

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1981 Irish Independent 2 Nov. 1/4 Morrison told delegates that the way forward was with ‘a ballot paper in one hand and an Armalite in the other’.

1986 Financial Times 3 Nov. The push within the organization to follow what one executive member called the ‘ballot box and armalite’.

1998 World in 1998 (Economist Publ.) 89/2 Expect a split among the men of violence, with most opting for the ballot box but a murderous minority persisting with the Armalite.

2011 Irish Voice (N.Y.) 2 Mar. 22 One of the big losers in the Irish election were the dissident IRA groups that broke with Sinn Fein over the party's policy of going for politics and not the armalite.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	armalite
释义	Armaliten. Brit. /ˈɑːməlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈɑrməˌlaɪt/ Forms: 1900s– ArmaLite, 1900s– Armalite. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: arms n., English -a- , lite adj.² Etymology: < arm, singular of arms n. + -a-, connective element + lite adj.² Originally U.S. 1. A type of light automatic rifle, manufactured in the United States. Also more fully Armalite rifle.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > small arms by manufacturer Springfield1813 Remington1846 Sharps1850 Smith & Wesson1859 Savage1892 Parabellum1904 Webley1911 Walther1920 Tokarev1953 Armalite1958 1958 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 4 Mar. tm5/1 ArmaLite. For small bore weapons comprising pistols, rifles, and carbines. 1962 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 30 Mar. 6/2 There is no indication how many armalites have been sent to Vietnam. 1966 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 Sept. 11/2 The US armalite rifle is to go on..issue to all Australian Army battalions and training units. 1966 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 Sept. 11/2 Armalite ammunition. 1978 K. Warner Pract. Bk. Guns ix. 99/1 There are those who can convince themselves that such items as the Armalite AR-180 in 223 are utility guns. 1984 in E. Fairweather et al. Only Rivers run Free v. 254 When at last they came into sight I squeezed the trigger of my armalite. 2012 K. Fox Until Next Time 307 The Armalites were carefully hidden beneath the load in back. 2. Used allusively to denote armed violence as a means of pursuing a political cause, esp. in the Armalite and the ballot box and variants: (the name given to) the policy (as favoured by some elements of the Irish Republican movement) of pursuing a united Ireland through both violent attacks carried out by the Provisional IRA and electoral advances by Sinn Fein. ΚΠ 1981 Irish Independent 2 Nov. 1/4 Morrison told delegates that the way forward was with ‘a ballot paper in one hand and an Armalite in the other’. 1986 Financial Times 3 Nov. The push within the organization to follow what one executive member called the ‘ballot box and armalite’. 1998 World in 1998 (Economist Publ.) 89/2 Expect a split among the men of violence, with most opting for the ballot box but a murderous minority persisting with the Armalite. 2011 Irish Voice (N.Y.) 2 Mar. 22 One of the big losers in the Irish election were the dissident IRA groups that broke with Sinn Fein over the party's policy of going for politics and not the armalite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1958
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