Definition of artillery

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Artillery (n.) The science of artillery or gunnery.

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Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery..
Cannonade :: Cannonade (v. t.) To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
Troop :: Troop (n.) Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery..
Drake :: Drake (n.) A small piece of artillery.
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) Two or more pieces of artillery in the field.
Bombardier :: Bombardier (n.) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.
Cannon :: Cannon (n.) A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.
Tumbril :: Tumbril (n.) A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like..
Drill :: Drill (n.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill..
Bombardier :: Bombardier (n.) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner.
Enginery :: Enginery (n.) The act or art of managing engines, or artillery..
Park :: Park (v. t.) To bring together in a park, or compact body; as, to park the artillery, the wagons, etc..
Artilleryman :: Artilleryman (n.) A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing..
Park :: Park (n.) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects themselves; as, a park of wagons; a park of artillery..
Brigade :: Brigade (n.) A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general..
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) The men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided.
Uniform :: Uniform (a.) A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in the same service or order by means of which they have a distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the Freemasons, etc..
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows..
Battering Train :: Battering train () A train of artillery for siege operations.
Point-blank :: Point-blank (n.) With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal..
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