place of arms
noun
an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
an enlarged part of the covered way in a fortification.
Origin of place of arms
1First recorded in 1590–1600
Words Nearby place of arms
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How to use place of arms in a sentence
The principal guard of a garrison town, usually posted in the place-of-arms, or the market-place.
The Sailor's Word-Book | William Henry SmythBamberg, as usual, became a Prussian place-of-arms; was charged to pay ransom of 40,000 pounds;—'cannot possibly!'
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIX. (of XXI.) | Thomas Carlyle
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