Definitions for: Ordnance


[n] large but transportable armament
[n] military supplies



Webster (1913) Definition: Ord"nance, n. [From OE. ordenance, referring orig. to
the bore or size of the cannon. See Ordinance.]
Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and
howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all
weapons and appliances used in war.

All the battlements their ordnance fire. --Shak.

Then you may hear afar off the awful roar of his [Rufus
Choate's] rifled ordnance. --E. Ererett.

Ordnance survey, the official survey of Great Britain and
Ireland, conducted by the ordnance department.

Synonyms: artillery, gun, heavy weapon, munitions, ordnance stores

See Also: arbalest, arbalist, armament, battery, bricole, cannon, catapult, field artillery, field gun, four-pounder, gunstock, onager, stock, trebuchet, trebucket

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