OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18416

artillery

/ɑːˈtɪləɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
artillería
An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
artillería
Weapons, especially siege engines.
And Ionathan gaue his artillery vnto his ladde, and said vnto him, Goe, cary them to the citie.
The old walls […] were surely strong enough to keep out men without battering-rams, balistas, or artillery of any kind. [Footnote] Artillery is here used in its old English meaning…
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