A place where arms are kept; an arsenal.
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释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > store of weapons or equipment > [noun] > place for storing weapons (19) armoury1440 A place where arms are kept; an arsenal. arsenal1572 A place, esp. a government establishment, where weapons and ammunition are stored or made. magazinea1599 Military (a) A building, room, or compartment (of a ship, etc.), for the storage of arms, ammunition, or other military provisions. (b) spec. A store… small armoury1713 An armoury for small arms. Chiefly as the name of an armoury within the Tower of London. armamentary1727 = armamentarium, n. (in various senses). place of arms1768 Army. A strongly fortified city, used as an arsenal or place of retreat (now archaic and historical); (also occasionally) †a tent at the head of… ammunition depot1799 General use as a modifier; esp. with reference to the storage or transport of ammunition, as ammunition box, ammunition depot, ammunition wagon, etc. expense magazine1839 a magazine in which a small portion of ammunition is kept for immediate use. bell1858 Any object or portion of an object shaped like a bell; esp. in various technical uses. (See quot. 1858) Cf. bell-tent n. at compounds 2. ammunition dump1918 a place where ammunition is stored. weapon-pita1944 silo1958 An underground structure in which a guided missile is stored and from which it may be fired. Also attributive. Cf. hard, adj. 11, soft, adj. 33a. Subcategories:— gunpowder store (4) — gunroom (1) — gun-rack (1) — dump for bombs (1) |
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