armoury (redirected from armouries)

armoury US, armory [ˈɑːmərɪ]

n pl -mouries, -mories

1. (Military) a secure place for the storage of weapons

2. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) armour generally

3. (Military)

a.  US a National Guard base

b.  US a building in which training in the use of arms and drill takes place; drill hall

c.  (plural) Canadian such a building used for training and as headquarters by a reserve unit of the armed forces

4. resources, as of arguments or objections, on which to draw they thought they had proved him wrong, but he still had a few weapons in his armoury

5. (Military) US a place where arms are made

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Armoury armour collectively; an armed force.

Example: the king had ordained his armour, knights ... all ready for to go, c. 1400.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	armoury - a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer" armory, inventory resourcefulness, imagination, resource - the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource"
	2.	armoury - all the weapons and equipment that a country has arsenal, armory armament - weaponry used by military or naval force
	3.	armoury - a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms arsenal, armory military installation - any facility servicing military forces armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	4.	armoury - a place where arms are manufactured arsenal, armory foundry, metalworks - factory where metal castings are produced

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armoury U.S. armory

noun arsenal, magazine, ammunition dump, arms depot, ordnance depot 'Her bedroom was an armoury,' the court heard.

Translations

armoury armory (US) [ˈɑːmərɪ] N

1. (lit, fig) (= arsenal) → arsenal m

2. (US) (= arms factory) → fábrica f de armas

armoury [ˈɑː^rməri] (British) armory (US) n

(= weapons) → armement m

(= arsenal) (for storing weapons) → arsenal m, dépôt m d'armes

(US) (= building for meetings and training) → caserne f

(US) (= factory) → usine f d'armement

(British) (fig) → arsenal m
armoury of sth → arsenal de qch

(in museum, castle) → armure f

armoury, (US) armory

n

→ Arsenal nt, → Waffenlager nt

(US: = factory) → Munitionsfabrik f

armoury armory (Am) [ˈɑːmərɪ] n → arsenale m, armeria