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armoury

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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

Armoury armour collectively; an armed force.
Example: the king had ordained his armour, knights ... all ready for to go, c. 1400.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.armouryarmoury - a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer"
resourcefulness, imagination, resource - the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource"
2.armouryarmoury - all the weapons and equipment that a country has
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
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
foundry, metalworks - factory where metal castings are produced

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 [ˈɑːrməri] (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] narsenale m, armeria


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The Diamond fell into the possession of Tippoo, Sultan of Seringapatam, who caused it to be placed as an ornament in the handle of a dagger, and who commanded it to be kept among the choicest treasures of his armoury.
Then who can deny that the story of Pierres and the fair Magalona is true, when even to this day may be seen in the king's armoury the pin with which the valiant Pierres guided the wooden horse he rode through the air, and it is a trifle bigger than the pole of a cart?
The place is national property now, and used as a kind of armoury, my love.
 
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