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单词 artillery
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artilleryn.

Brit. /ɑːˈtɪl(ə)ri/, U.S. /ɑrˈtɪl(ə)ri/
Forms:

α. late Middle English artellerye, late Middle English artelry, late Middle English artilrye, late Middle English artylrye, late Middle English 1600s artilrie, late Middle English–1500s artelery, late Middle English–1500s artillarye, late Middle English–1500s artyllerye, late Middle English–1600s artillarie, late Middle English–1700s artillerie, late Middle English– artillery, 1500s artillary, 1500s artylary, 1500s artylerey, 1500s artylery, 1500s artyllary, 1500s artyllery, 1500s–1600s artilerie, 1500s–1600s artillerye, 1500s–1800s artilery, 1600s– artill'ry (poetic); Scottish pre-1700 artaillarie, pre-1700 artaillery, pre-1700 artallirie, pre-1700 artalry, pre-1700 artillarie, pre-1700 artillary, pre-1700 1700s– artillery, 1700s artilery; N.E.D. (1885) also records forms late Middle English artylery, late Middle English–1500s artillari.

β. 1500s artilliarie; Scottish pre-1700 altailȝerie, pre-1700 altelyerie, pre-1700 artailȝearie, pre-1700 artailȝeiry, pre-1700 artailȝerie, pre-1700 artailȝery, pre-1700 artailȝerye, pre-1700 artailȝierie, pre-1700 artailliarie, pre-1700 artaillierie, pre-1700 artailliery, pre-1700 artailyearie, pre-1700 artailyerie, pre-1700 artailyery, pre-1700 artailyerye, pre-1700 artalȝeirie, pre-1700 artalȝerie, pre-1700 artalȝery, pre-1700 artallierie, pre-1700 artalliery, pre-1700 artalyerie, pre-1700 artealliarie, pre-1700 arteilȝerie, pre-1700 arteilȝerrie, pre-1700 arteillȝerie, pre-1700 arteilyerie, pre-1700 artelȝarie, pre-1700 artelȝearie, pre-1700 artelȝerie, pre-1700 artelliarie, pre-1700 artelyearie, pre-1700 artilȝeary, pre-1700 artilȝerie, pre-1700 artilȝery, pre-1700 artiliȝirie, pre-1700 artilliarie, pre-1700 artilyery, pre-1700 arttalȝerij, pre-1700 arttalȝery.

γ. 1500s artelere, 1500s artellere, 1500s artelyre; Scottish pre-1700 artailȝeir, pre-1700 artalȝar, pre-1700 artilȝere.

δ. pre-1700 artailȝe, pre-1700 artailȝee, pre-1700 artailȝie, pre-1700 artaillȝe, pre-1700 artaillie, pre-1700 artalȝe, pre-1700 artallie, pre-1700 artelȝie, pre-1700 artelie, pre-1700 artilȝie, pre-1700 artilye.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French artillerie.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman artillarie, attilerie, artelrie, Anglo-Norman and Middle French artillerie, Middle French artellerie, arteillerie (French artillerie ) military equipment, weaponry (13th cent. in Old French), arsenal (1309), hunting gear (a1412 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), mounted guns, cannons, etc. (late 15th cent.) < artiller , artillier to provide with weapons (early 13th cent.; alteration (after art art n.1) of atillier to arrange, adjust (12th cent.), to put on armour in preparing for battle (12th cent.) < an unattested post-classical Latin form *apticulare , derivative of classical Latin aptāre to fit, adapt (see aptate v.)) + -erie -ery suffix. Compare post-classical Latin artillaria , artillarium , artilleria , artilliaria , artillyeria , artillyearia , artellaria , artelleria engines for discharging missiles (frequently from 1377 in British sources), and also Catalan artilleria (1370), Spanish artillería (first half of the 15th cent.; also as artellería (15th cent.)), Portuguese artilharia (15th cent.; also artelharia , artelharya (15th cent.)), Italian artigleria military equipment, weaponry (14th cent.), mounted guns, cannon, etc. (a1519). Compare artry n.Senses 3b and 5 are not paralleled in French until later (1751 and 1690 respectively). In Middle English the forms artler , artylyr are also found in the sense ‘arms, weaponry’, apparently showing spec. use of artiller n. by association with the present word.
†1. As a count noun: an implement of war. In later use as a mass noun: military equipment; weaponry. Also in extended use: hunting gear; equipment in general. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > [noun]
gearc1275
armourc1300
armsc1325
armingc1330
ordnancea1393
armourer?c1400
artilleryc1405
habiliments1422
artry1447
armaturea1460
apparamenta1464
atour1480
munitionc1515
furnishments1559
furniture1569
equipage1579
ammunition?1588
magazine1588
victuals1653
war1667
armament1668
contraband1753
stuff1883
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [noun]
archerya1400
artilleryc1550
toxophilitism1840
toxology1843
toxophilism1887
toxophily1887
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (2003) §365 I shal warnestore myn hous wt toures swiche as han Castelles & othere manere edifices & armure & Artelries [c1430 Cambr. artelleryes] by whiche thynges I may my persone & myn hous..defenden.
1422 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) X. 212 (MED) All the Ablementes of Werre..Poudres, Gonnes, Arblasters, Shotte, or other Artilrie.
1481 Act 11 Jas. III (1597) §82 Victualles, men and artailȝierie.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. hvjv/1 Anone the artylleryes were assembled and the harnoys trussed.
1536 Bp. J. Longland Serm. Good Fryday sig. G iii.v The gall, the sharpe spere, the woundes and all the artilery & armes of hys passion.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 33 Gunnaris cum heir & stand by ȝour artailȝee.
1559 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 191 All maner of artelere, as drumes, flutes, trumpetes, gones, mores pykes, halbardes.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxvi. 120 Himself, whilest his dinner was making ready, went to see his artillery mounted upon the carriage, to display his colours.
1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 177 A club made of hard wood, a stake hardened in the fire, a lance armed with a flint or a bone, a bow and an arrow constituted the whole artillery of an Indian war.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 204 Swappin' their handspakes and their battens, And ither mad artailyie.
2. Machinery used for discharging projectiles in war.
a. With reference to discharge by mechanical recoil, including weapons such as bows, slings, catapults, etc. Now historical.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > collectively
ordnancea1450
artilleryc1450
enginery1641
c1450 Siege Thebes (Rawl.) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1913) 130 270 (MED) Making redy al þeire Artelery and cast of stone.
1475 Bk. Noblesse 29 For lak of good provisions bothe of artillery and ordenaunce for the werre and soudeyng to be made in dew season.
1515 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 17 Making of crane and wyndais for fourtene pecis of artalȝery.
1537 Charter Henry VIII P.R.O., C66/677 (transcript) m. 45 The Science of Artillary that is to witt for Longe Bowes Crosbowes and Handgonnes.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 199 To discharge vpon him arrowes, quarrels, stones, bullets, and such like shot, out of brakes, slings, and other engins of artillery.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xx. 40 Ionathan gaue his artillery [ Wyclif, aarmis; Coverdale, wapens] vnto his ladde, and said vnto him, Goe, cary them to the citie. View more context for this quotation
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 125 Amongst the Artillery was an old Roman Balista.
1757 W. Maitland Hist. & Antiq. Scotl. I. ii. 192 'Tis not in the least probable that the Roman artillery, the catapultæ and balistæ, were placed between them.
1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour xi. 215 Ancient artillery..could never have led the way to the introduction of modern artillery. They have really nothing in common.
1973 Eng. Hist. Rev. 88 871 The fourth century B.C...saw the first Greek use of catapult artillery in attack.
2000 Dumbarton Oaks Papers 54 231 It probably accommodated heavier artillery, such as a large catapult.
b. With reference to explosive discharge, including ordnance such as mounted guns, cannon, mortars, and anti-aircraft weaponry; large-calibre firearms used both offensively and defensively in military operations. †Occasionally as a count noun. Cf. ordnance n. 2a.The term great artillery was used to distinguish larger-calibre guns from small artillery. In later use this distinction is expressed by the terms light artillery and heavy artillery.battery-, field-, siege-artillery, etc.: see the first element.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > collectively
ordnancea1450
artillery1509
cannonry1591
enginery1667
arty1815
1509 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) II. 279 (note) Three hundred small artillery, under the names of myand, culverins, and double-dogs.
1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. b6 The artyllery of the turkes was suche as foloweth. Fyrst there was vi. grete gonnes canonnes perryers of brasse.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 124 The artillery is deuided and differenced into greatnesse or Sizes royall, and into lesser sizes.
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. B3v Let vollies of the great Artillery From of our gallies banks play prodigall.
a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 151 The waies from thence to Sligo 20 miles, verie roughe, sliperie and tugh for artilerie or wagons.
1728 Mem. Eng. Officer 95 The heavy artillery landed for the siege was return'd aboard the ships.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. *H3v Lanterne..a cartridge-case, to carry the cartridges from the ship's magazine to the artillery.
1803 G. Lake in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 395 The enemy opposed to us a tremendous fire from a numerous artillery.
1862 Sci. Amer. 4 Jan. 41/2 Experiments were in progress to test plates of various thicknesses with all the different kinds of artillery that could be procured.
1927 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 26 250 The artillery was composed of six large cannon and various smaller pieces.
1939 Fortune Nov. 142/2 Pillboxes and blockhouses..armed with heavier machine guns and light artillery.
1974 C. Ryan Bridge too Far iii. i. 136 General Urquhart needed the maximum in men, equipment and artillery—especially anti-tank guns.
a1985 P. White With the Jocks (2003) 480 Artillery support will be..two medium regiments and four batteries of heavy artillery.
2000 M. Green & G. Green Weapons of Patton's Armies ii. 43 Medium artillery is also used to reinforce the fire of light artillery.
c. figurative. Emotional or intellectual resources deployed to achieve a desired end.Sometimes with admixture of senses 1 or 4.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporting or encouraging > specifically a cause, principle, etc. > means of
artillery1592
shining armour1910
1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 97 The violent force of Cupids artillerie.
1656 A. Cowley Poems 36 Isabella came Arm'd with a resistless Flame And th' Artillery of her Eye.
1729 B. Mandeville Fable Bees ii. iii. 126 She has all the Artillery of our Sex to fear.
1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind v. vii It declines the tribunal of reason, and laughs at all the artillery of the logician.
1809 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 163/1 He charges the historian with his whole heavy artillery of argument and quotation.
1811 M. R. Mitford Let. 15 Oct. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. v. 157 Even Shakespeare's magic is not proof against the artillery of puns.
1912 D. Ferguson Castle Gay 137 All the artillery of his wild wit flashed.
1945 Fortune Mar. 170/2 He..drew up the artillery of his talents and began firing a miscellaneous barrage of ideas across the executive floor.
1988 M. Bradbury Unsent Lett. 39 Teachers who work on the very front line of English language and literature education, where the artillery fire is always the greatest.
2003 Powerlifting USA Feb. 35/1 After turning on his mental artillery in Mel Hennesy's garage gym, he bypassed 500 going right to 505.
3.
†a. The practice of archery. Obsolete.
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1473 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 69 Certane thingis..according to artilȝery.
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus To Gentlem. Eng. That fletcher is an enemye to archers and artillery.
1550–3 Four Supplic. (1871) 100 It is a great decay to artyllary: for shepeherdes be but yll artchers.
b. The science and practice of using cannon, large-calibre firearms, etc.; gunnery.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Artillery is also used for what we otherwise called Pyrotechnia, or the Art of Fire-works, with the Instruments and Apparatus belonging thereto.
1747 J. Muller Attack & Def. Fortify'd Places (title page) John Muller, Professor of Artillery and Fortification.
1884 E. Schuyler Peter the Great I. xxxix. 375 Prince Alexander of Imeritia, who had studied artillery at the Hague.
1937 C. Ffoulkes Gun-founders of Eng. 84 The form of the carronade, short and very thick at the base, is so well known to students of artillery.
2003 R. L. Scheina Lat. America's Wars I. 464 In 1960 he studied artillery in Czechoslovakia.
†4. Projectiles discharged in war; shot, ammunition. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun]
munitionc1515
artillery1540
ammunition?1588
ammo1911
1540 T. Elyot Def. Good Women sig. C.iiii And here haue at your blockehouse, oute of the whiche is shot agaynste women al this artillery.
1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia viii. f. 249 From whence wyth an engine artillery might haue bene shotte among the thyckest of hys ennemyes.
1585 J. Banister Wecker's Compend. Chyrurg. ii. 270 Search with a probe, which way the pellet is gone, (this obserue in the drawing out of all artillerie).
a1636 T. Westcote View Devonshire 1630 (1845) 43 Hurling flints and pebbles and other such like artillery.
1867 C. H. Pearson Hist. Eng. I. 23 The war-ships..poured in their artillery on the British flank.
1869 Manufacturer & Builder Jan. 263/2 The feathered artillery of the archer became more precise and deadly.
5. A military detachment or branch of the armed forces that uses cannon or large-calibre guns.horse-, rifle, Royal Artillery, etc.: see the first element.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > artillery
artillery1598
ordnance1665
RA1815
the heavies1908
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 104 There is alwayes in the campe certaine companies of pioners, the iurisdiction of whom doth belong vnto the Generall of the artillery.
a1657 J. Balfour Hist. Wks. (1825) IV. 204 Generall of the Artiliȝirie.
1702 D. Jones Life James II 348 While the Foot and Artillery arrived, his Majesty narrowly visited the posture of the enemy.
1786 R. Beatson Polit. Index ii. 138 The Master General of the Ordnance..is Colonel in Chief of the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
1840 G. M. Bussey Hist. Napoleon II. l. 500 The multitude without the city, believing the artillery intended hostilities, sought for safety behind the houses in the vicinity.
1866 Standard 2 Nov. 5/6 To transform the heavy cavalry into horse artillery.
1917 D. Haig Diary 28 July in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 306 We have already cowed the Enemy's artillery.
1930 S. Sassoon Mem. Infantry Officer iv. 114 I couldn't alter European history, or order the artillery to stop firing.
2007 M. E. Grotelueschen AEF Way of War vii. 269 Summerall ordered the artillery to begin preparing the attack zone.
6. figurative (chiefly poetic). Thunder and lightning.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun]
sulphur?1611
artillerya1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 203 Haue I not heard great Ordnance in the field? And heauens Artillerie thunder in the skies? View more context for this quotation
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 91 The whole Artillery of the Sky.
1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xii. 331 As when high Jove his sharp Artill'ry forms.
1835 R. Mant Brit. Months 254 Peal after peal, from the echoing sky Discharg'd, of heaven's artillery.
1851 G. Borrow Lavengro I. xxvi. 338 The artillery of the sky was pealing as I had never heard it peal before.
1916 J. W. Riley Compl. Wks. II. 444 With rumbling wheels of wrath came rolling on The storm's artillery.
1976 L. B. Wright S. Carolina vi. 116 Some Charlestonians put lightning rods on their houses, though a few objected that this was an impious interference with ‘God's artillery’.

Compounds

C1.
a. General attributive (chiefly in senses 2b, 5), as artillery attack, artillery fire, artillery regiment, etc.Some of the more established compounds of this type are entered separately at Compounds 1b.
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1581 R. Parsons Brief Censure sig. D. vij Most terrible earthquakes, wherewith fell doune..the braue artillerie house of Rome, with a hospital wherein were 150. persons.
1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. K4 Ile present thee with my whole artillerie store of eloquence.
1626 W. Gouge Dignitie Chivalrie §4 Martiall discipline, Artillery tacticks, and Military trainings are matters of moment.
a1681 U. Oakes Soveraign Efficacy of Divine Providence (1682) 22 Training Days, Artillery Days, tho' of great use, and [printed ahd] very necessary; yet are all in vain, unless the Lord bless.
1747 B. Franklin Let. 7 Dec. in Papers (1961) III. 224 It is proposed to breed gunners by forming an artillery club, to go down weekly to the battery and exercise the great guns.
1760 G. Sackville in Trial G. Sackville p. vi The Duke of Marlborough ordered me to take the care of the artillery regiment.
1787 G. Greive tr. F. J. de Chastellux Trav. N.-Amer. I. 119 We repaired to the artillery camp.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Rider In artillery carriages, a piece of wood somewhat higher than broad, the length equal to that of the body of the axle-tree.
1849 N. C. Brooks Hist. Mexican War viii. 129 The artillery battalion, thrown into cavalry-square, were prepared to receive them.
1871 Blackwood's Mag. May 44 The artillery-fire seemed heavier than ever; the shells screamed overhead or burst around.
1917 D. Haig Diary 20 Nov. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 346 The attack was launched at 6.20 am. There was no artillery bombardment previous to this hour.
1954 Birmingham (Alabama) News 7 Mar. a24/5 The Army is stockpiling the plane-killing Nike units, and semi-guided field artillery rockets designated as the ‘Honest John’.
1979 W. Manchester Goodbye, Darkness 15 The leathernecks sprang forward behind a creeping artillery barrage.
2003 U.S. News & World Rep. 14 Apr. 15 (caption) This Kurdish peshmerga fighter was wounded by a relentless Iraqi artillery attack.
b.
artillery brigade n.
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1780 Authentic Abstr. Minutes Supreme Council Bengal 1779 28 The company of Artillery brigade at the Presidency.
1820 J. R. Planché in G. Soane Hebrew 8 You of the artillery brigade, Whose greatest glory is a cannonade.
1978 Mil. Affairs 42 81/1 The armament of the divisional field artillery brigade had consisted of two light 75–mm. gun regiments.
1999 Newsweek 26 Apr. 30/2 Each division has an additional..‘support slice’ of specialist units—helicopter and artillery brigades, for instance.
artillery ground n.
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1635 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline Ep. Ded. sig. ❧7 Some..have held a prejudicate opinion of this meeting: conceiving that it would prove an hinderance to the Artillery ground.
1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic i. i. 5 If you had the least spirit you would have been..trailing a volunteer pike in the Artillery ground.
1842 C. Masson Narr. Var. Journeys II. 256 From the court of the Dafta Khâna the Tope Khâna, or artillery ground, is entered.
2003 Times (Nexis) 27 Dec. After the priory was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1536, its outer precinct was used as an artillery ground.
artillery house n.
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1581Artillerie house [see Compounds 1a].
1681 Tryal B. Slingsby Pref. sig. A The place of Pole was the Old Artillery-House in Southwark, which is Ascended out of the Artillery Ground, by six or eight large Stone steps.
1870 Manufacturer & Builder Jan. 73/2 Lightning struck the artillery-house near the powder-magazine in Purfleet.
2006 M. D. Childs 1812 Aponte Rebellion iv. 145 Free black militiamen..would lead the offensive on the artillery house.
artillery officer n.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > specific rank of artillery officer
Master (General) of the Ordnance1458
master gunner?c1475
Master of the Armoury1485
rotmaster1523
Mr1669
artillery officer1707
bombardier1844
lance-bombardier1935
1707 D. Jones Compl. Hist. Europe 1706 422 The Janisaries, Spahies Artillery Officers, &c...were come out of the Seraglio, and pass'd by.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vi. 79 He had stuck into his head the plume, which in more sober days he wielded between his fingers, and figured as an artillery-officer.
1999 J. Elliot Unexpected Light (2000) iv. 170 The young artillery officer had been thrown from his horse by the blast of a German shell.
artillery piece n.
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1660 A. Moore Compend. Hist. Turks 296 Amurath..commanded ten great Artillery pieces to be cast.
1775 tr. Valuable Secrets Arts & Trades ix. 203 The artillery pieces take but ten pounds only of pewter to one hundred of the other [sc. copper].
1852 Harper's Mag. Feb. 325/2 The artillery pieces were left among the sandhills, that the horses might be used for the relief of the sufferers.
1997 D. Rohde Endgame (1998) 68 ‘Don't shoot it, don't shoot it,’ Egbers said slowly in English as he pointed at the artillery piece to make himself clear.
artillery practice n.
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society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > weapon-training > firing practice
artillery practice1781
ball practice1803
fire discipline1870
blank practice1873
shoot1941
1781 S. Ancell Let. 5 Oct. in Jrnl. Blockade & Siege Gibraltar (?1783) 174 The enemy yesterday afternoon, had some artillery practice in their camp.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. i. 17 In artillery practice the heat generated is usually concentrated upon the front of the bolt.
2007 Press Enterprise (Riverside, Calif.) (Nexis) 18 May 1 The sound of Russian artillery practice echoed through the barracks.
artillery shell n.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > shell
cartouche1611
shell1651
bomb1684
bombshell1708
artillery shell1856
plonker1917
streetcar1920
1856 Colburn's United Service Mag. Feb. 200 These [percussion or concussion] fuzes are only applicable to naval or sea-coast Artillery shells.
1923 T. Boyd Through Wheat 262 Smoke from the artillery shells hung in gray volutes over the ridge.
1994 New Scientist 4 June 28/2 A deadly new attachment to artillery shells called the proximity fuse that dramatically increased the effectiveness of anti-aircraft fire.
artillery unit n.
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1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Dec. 11/1 The former [artillery first captain] has command of an artillery unit.
1923 R. H. Torrey et al. N.Y. Walk Bk. (Pocket ed.) 149/2 The site of the old Camp Wyckoff..has been used for some seasons past by regular army and state guard artillery units for practice with service ammunition.
1993 Toronto Sun 17 June 58/1 He said ‘brilliant antitank sub-munitions’..will permit long-range attack against armored columns and artillery units with little risk to those firing the shots.
C2. Objective (in sense 2).
artillery firing n.
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1825 Edinb. Advertiser 20 Dec. 2/3 At first the balls were discharged at short intervals, in imitation of artillery firing.
1877 Daily News 25 Oct. 5/5 Incessant artillery firing is being carried on on both sides.
2007 Def. & Security (Nexis) 4 June International naval forces..will do exercises of artillery firing at air and maritime targets.
artillery founder n.
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1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 275 The Basha's Artillery-founder, cast for them a huge iron mace.
1887 Harper's Mag. Sept. 643/2 Alfred Krupp, artillery founder, aged seventy-five years.
1999 D. Rundle Hutchinson Encycl. Renaissance 4 Adriano then moved to Naples, serving King Ferrante I as military engineer and artillery founder.
C3.
artillery boat n. a boat carrying artillery, a gunboat.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > gunboat
artillery boat1759
gun-boat1793
gun-vessel1800
gun-brig1801
schooner-gun-vessel1806
gunship1841
turret-ship1862
turret-vessel1862
pelter1890
1759 T. M. Molyneux Conjunct Exped. 124 Two Kind of Artillery Boats, the one to contain a great and small Gun, the other, two Guns of a middling Size.
1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. ix. 154 The Carleton was able to get into action, and was sustained by the artillery-boats.
2007 What Papers Say (Russia) (Nexis) 30 May 58 The newest..missile and artillery boats and minesweepers will remain in service.
artillery company n. an artillery detachment; spec. (as Artillery Company; frequently more fully Honourable Artillery Company) an artillery unit of the Territorial Army (the oldest regiment in the British Army).
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > artillery-company
artillery company1626
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [noun] > archer > company of
artillery company1626
1626 W. Gouge Dignitie Chivalrie Ep. Ded. sig. A4v O noble President, Captaines and Gentlemen of the Artillery Company.
1720 C. Molloy Half-pay Officers i. ii. 26 I'm a Captain as well as you; I belong to the right honourable the Artillery Company.
1821 Rep. Proc. & Deb. of Convent. (N.Y. State Constit. Convention) 357 The legislature had exempted those serving in artillery companies from taxation.
1977 Newport (Rhode Island) Mercury 1 July 4/1 The Artillery Company of Newport, the nation's oldest militia organization.
2002 Independent 10 May 22/7 He began his wartime service in the Honorary Artillery Company.
artillery driver n. now historical a person who drives the horses which pull field guns.
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1788 C. Crauford & R. Crauford tr. J. G. Tielke Acct. War between Prussians, Austrians & Russians II. i. 135 The Russian loss was as follows..1 Artillery driver, and 8 horses.
1832 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) II. 275 Increasing the corps of artillery-drivers with men expert in the vocation.
1991 Times (Nexis) 10 June A detachment of artillery drivers and horses, commanded by a Captain of the royal artillery, were employed in the movements.
artillery duel n. a battle or exchange of fire involving heavy artillery.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > battle with specific weapons
bicker1488
martelaisea1500
firefight1613
artillery duel1861
1861 Chicago Tribune 6 Sept. 1/6 He calls the engagement a remarkable artillery duel.
1936 Times 26 Aug. 12/4 On the Guadarrama front..an artillery duel has raged for 24 hours.
2002 Maclean's (Electronic ed.) 12 Aug. 30 Artillery duels between Indian and Pakistani troops have killed hundreds and forced thousands from their homes.
artillery garden n. now historical a practice ground for artillery; spec. that located in Spitalfields in London used by the Artillery Company.
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1581 Ordinance P.R.O.: SP 12/147 f. 196 The said place comonly called the Artillerie garden was of purpose given by the prince of famouse memorie Kinge Henry the eight to thoffice of Thordinance for the trayning vse and practize of Gonners.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes v. §9. 419 Vacant houres cannot better be spent then in the Artillery Garden.
1851 N. B. Craig Hist. Pittsburgh 195 Near the garrison on the Allegheny bank, were formerly what were called the king's artillery gardens.
2006 R. B. Manning Apprenticeship in Arms i. vi. 144 Another artillery garden was located in St Martin's Fields.
artillery harness n. harness for horses which pull field guns.
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1806 B. Lambert Hist. & Surv. London & Environs IV. v. 112 This extensive store-room is filled with..sponges, rammers, ladles, artillery harness, &c. which are deposited here till called for.
1920 W. E. Bachman Delta of Triple Elevens xvi. 77 French artillery harness presented many new problems to the Americans.
2005 D. E. Collins Death & Resurrection J. Davis iii. 74 Six black horses in artillery harness and plumes, walking two abreast and each led by a soldier in uniform, drew the caisson.
artillery horse n. now chiefly historical a horse used to pull and manoeuvre cannon and other heavy munitions on the battlefield; cf. horse-artillery n. at horse n. Compounds 1e(a).
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1703 D. Jones Compl. Hist. Europe 1702 329 Artillery Horses kill'd 28.
1815 Times 30 Nov. 2/5 The heavy ration shall be given for..artillery horses that draw the guns and caissons.
1915 Big Piney (Wyoming) Examiner 1 July (advt.) An Artillery horse should be heavier [than a Cavalry horse], at least 15 hands 1 inch in height, and what one would call a work horse.
2003 S. R. Schrepfer & P. Scranton Industrializing Organisms 155 Artillery horses suffered particularly high casualties. When a field commander ordered up the artillery, six-horse teams galloped the guns from the rear.
artillery park n. a place where artillery is kept, or encamped during a battle; the reserve of artillery available to an army (cf. park of artillery at park n. 4a).
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > encamping > space occupied by equipment and stores
park1683
artillery park1708
tankodrome1917
harbour1935
1708 A. Boyer tr. J. Donneau de Visé Hist. Siege of Toulon i. 3 The Artillery-Park strikes also the Beholders with Wonder, there being an infinite number of great Guns in Piles.
1767 T. Simes Mil. Medley Mil. Dict. Artillery-Park is a place appointed in the rear of both lines of the army for encamping the artillery.
1832 T. Carlyle Misc. Ess. (1847) III. 114 The explosion of powder-mines and artillery-parks naturally attracts every eye and ear.
1941 Baltimore Sun 24 June 10/2 The Finnish campaign..seems to indicate that they [sc. the Russians] have an ample artillery park.
2002 K. M. Pollack Arabs at War i. 68 Sharon also landed a battalion of paratroopers by helicopters in the dunes north of the Egyptian artillery park.
artillery plant n. a tropical American plant popular as a house plant, Pilea microphylla (family Urticaceae), having small succulent leaves and cymes of tiny flowers which throw out clouds of pollen.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > artillery plant
Pilea1836
artillery plant1858
burning bush1866
1858 Horticulturist 13 193 The other pretty little plant has often been mentioned under the name of the Artillery Plant, and called Pilea muscosa.
1956 X. Field Housewife Bk. House Plants iii. 81 P. microphylla, or muscosa, is the dwarf of the family. The pilea is known as the artillery plant because the pollen from the flowers appears to explode as it is discharged.
2006 Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) (Nexis) 21 July d1 Artillery plants, ranging from 5 inches to 15 inches tall, have fleshy, succulent stems and leaves that resemble the lacy, arching foliage of ferns.
artillery tractor n. a vehicle used to tow and manoeuvre heavy artillery.
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1917 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 23 June 3/5 Quartermaster trucks, ammunition trucks, artillery tractors,..and half a dozen other types of vehicle.
1996 A. H. Cordesman & A. R. Wagner Gulf War ix. 713 Iraq's towed artillery could not begin to cope with the Coalition rate of maneuver. Most units were overrun before they could attempt to bring in artillery tractors.
artillery train n. now historical a series of large-calibre guns mounted on carriages in order to be transported; also figurative.
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1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vii. 134 Shew me the well-lung'd Civilian's Gain, Who bears in Triumph an Artillery Train Of Chancery Libels.
1772 S. Swinney Battle of Minden ii. 33 Th' Artillery-Train that, late..had torn the Ground.
1814 E. Quillinan Dunluce Castle i. 9 'Twas even hell's artillery train, Thus plac'd by demons.
1998 I. Gentles in J. Kenyon & J. Ohlmeyer Civil Wars iv. 133 The king lost more officers, but..captured seven guns to bolster his feeble artillery train.
artillery wheel n. a sturdy dished wheel used on gun carriages; a similar wheel formerly used on motor vehicles.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun] > wheel or roller
stock-wheel1547
truck1611
after-truck1834
artillery wheel1834
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > of specific type or position
cartwheelc1386
truckle1459
trundle1564
clog-wheel1575
trindle1594
coach-wheel1647
roulette1659
roller1763
horizontal wheel1794
castora1800
castor-wheel1805
artillery wheel1834
training wheel1848
trailing wheel1850
spider-wheel1868
front wheel1878
trailer1884
trendle1887
wire wheel1907
square wheels1924
jockey-wheel1952
1834 R. M. Bird Calavar II. xxvii. 205 The steps of those who bore the ponderous bridge, and the creaking of artillery wheels, were heard ringing and rolling over the square.
1902 Car 15 Oct. 252/2 The Lanchester car was not strong enough to have artillery wheels, and so was fitted with wire suspension wheels.
1991 Life Nov. 113/1 (advt.) It has a real wood dashboard and running boards, spoked artillery wheels..and a crank handle you can turn.
artillery yard n. an enclosed area for storing artillery and training artillerymen.
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1591 Acts of Privy Council 74 The artillery yarde belonginge to the cittie beinge erected for the trayninge of yonge gentlemen in London.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. i. 31 Your complexion..Stuck full of blacke, and melancholique wormes, Like poulder cornes, shot, at th' Artillery-yard . View more context for this quotation
1770 P. Pittman Present State European Settlem. Missisippi 11 The left side is occupied by the king's store-houses and an artillery-yard.
1862 A. Trollope N. Amer. (1863) I. xii. 194 At West Point there is much of buildings, much of military arrangement in the way of cannons, forts, and artillery yards.
2003 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 27 Dec. 12 Soldiers drilled, and punishments were meted out in a large artillery yard bounded by crenellated walls.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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