单词 | ordnance board |
释义 | > as lemmasOrdnance Board Ordnance Board n. an organization responsible for the supply of military stores and equipment, a Board of Ordnance (see sense 3). ΚΠ 1711 J. Swift Short Char. T.E. of W. 19 He..put it out of the care of the Ordnance Board. 1805 Ann. Reg. (Otridge's ed.) 400 The ordnance board have signified..that the warren at that place [sc. Woolwich] is to be from this time denominated the ‘Royal Arsenal’. 1866 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 29 385 The old Ordnance Board, so mistakenly abolished, did propose the distinction being made between the cost of stores for the two services. 1996 Statist. Sci. 11 164/2 In due course my report was approved, and sent to the Ordnance Board! < as lemmas |
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