armament

[ahr-muh-muh nt]

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noun

the arms and equipment with which a military unit or military apparatus is supplied.

a land, sea, or air force equipped for war.

armor(def 5).

Usually armaments. military strength collectively: the armaments race; a country without armaments.

the process of equipping or arming for war.

Nearby words

Origin of armament

1690–1700; < Latin armāmenta fittings, equivalent to armā(re) to fit out (see arm²) + -menta (plural) -ment

Related formsnon·ar·ma·ment, noun

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Examples from the Web for armament

“We stress that such a system, even in theory, is not part of armament of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” said Lysenko.
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With this plan the French armament put to sea on the 8th of April, 1782.
The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence|A. T. Mahan
The work of transferring the armament, and mounting the guns, was very laborious.
The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.
They were forced to retire with the loss of 2,000 men, and soon after compelled to withdraw the armament.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

The matter of traction power for these gun and armament trains near the front set a problem for the Ordnance Department to solve.
America's Munitions 1917-1918|Benedict Crowell
The address was carried, and several resolutions afterwards moved against the armament were rejected by large majorities.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan

British Dictionary definitions for armament

armament

noun

(often plural) the weapon equipment of a military vehicle, ship, or aircraft

a military force raised and armed ready for war

preparation for war involving the production of equipment and arms

Word Origin for armament

C17: from Latin armāmenta utensils, from armāre to equip

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Word Origin and History for armament

armament

c.1600, "munitions of war" (especially the great guns on board a man-of-war), also "naval force equipped for war" (1690s), from Latin armamentum "implement," from Latin armare "to arm, furnish with weapons" from arma (see arm (n.2)). Meaning "process of equipping for war" is from 1813.