noun. Large-caliber weapons, such as cannon, howitzers, and missile launchers, that are operated by crews.

noun. The branch of an army that specializes in the use of such weapons.

noun. The science of the use of guns; gunnery.

noun. Weapons, such as catapults, arbalests, and other early devices, used for discharging missiles.

noun. Implements of war: in this sense formerly with a plural.

noun. In particular Engines for discharging missiles, as catapults, bows, crossbows, slings, etc.

noun. In modern use, properly, all firearms discharged from carriages, in contradistinction to small arms, which are discharged from the hand; cannon; ordnance.

noun. Hence The particular troops employed in the service of such firearms.

noun. The science which treats of the use and management of ordnance.

noun. Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows.

noun. Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds.

noun. The men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided.

noun. The science of artillery or gunnery.

noun. The place where the artillery is encamped or collected.

noun. undefined

noun. a number of pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their furniture, ready for marching.

noun. undefined

noun. Large cannon like weapons, transportable and usually operated by more than one person.

noun. A unit of the army, that uses such weapons.

noun. Gunnery.

noun. an army unit that uses big guns

noun. large but transportable armament

noun. a means of persuading or arguing

"Then there was an ugly confrontation between members of the battalion's Alpha and Charlie batteries -- the term artillery units use instead of "companies" -- that threatened to turn into a brawl involving three dozen soldiers, and required the base police to intervene."

artillery fire  cannonry  field-artillery  flying artillery  foot-artillery  

park of artillery  train of artillery  

persuasion  suasion  

Hilary  Hillary  distillery  pillory  

aircraft  ammunition  battalion  battery  bomb  

archery  battery  broadside  cannon  enginery