artillery

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English artillerie, from Old French artillerie (“collection of military engines, crossbows, lances etc.”), from artillier (“to equip, provide with contraptions”), alteration of atiller (“to arrange, adjust, put on clothes or, especially, pieces of armour”) (influenced by art), itself from Vulgar Latin *apticlō < **apticulō, from Latin aptō (“to make capable”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːˈtɪləɹi/ (US) IPA(key): /ɑɹˈtɪləɹi/ === Noun === artillery (countable and uncountable, plural artilleries) Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery. An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers. Gunnery (design and manufacture of guns). (archaic) Weapons, especially siege engines. (UK, Ireland, slang) One or more guns. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “artillery”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “artillery”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.