† artilleryshipn.
Obsolete.
Skill or expertise in the use of artillery.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun]
fireworking1697
artilleryship1762
fire control1880
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xx. 84 The corporal had not taken his measures so badly in this stroke of artilleryship.
1824 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 7 Feb. in Lett. & Jrnls. (1981) XI. 108 He..wishes that there was not a Sunday-school in the world, or any school here at present, save and except always an academy for artilleryship.
1859 A. Lookup Italy Free ii. iv. 39 I'd overpower it, like a conflagration, by masterly strokes of artilleryship.
1884 in N.E.D. (at cited word) The fine artilleryship of the English corps.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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