enginery

American  

[en-juhn-ree] / ˈɛn dʒən ri /

noun

plural

engineries

1. engines collectively; machinery.

2. engines of war collectively.

3. skillful or artful contrivance.

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enginery British  

/ ˈɛndʒɪnrɪ /

noun

1. a collection or assembly of engines; machinery

2. engines employed in warfare

3. rare skilful manoeuvring or contrivance

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Etymology

Origin of enginery

First recorded in 1595–1605; engine + -ry

Example Sentences

The other batteries Beauregard provided to render the upper end of the island untenable, cannot withstand, I fear, the enginery of the enemy.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp

In our service at least—where it is represented by the New York and the Brooklyn—it is practically a second-class battleship, in which weight taken from fighting power is given to enginery and to speed.

From Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

This was pierced by thirty port-holes, to enable as many thirty-two pounders to fire red hot balls; her upper or spar deck was plain, and she was to be propelled by her enginery alone.

From Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran by Chapelle, Howard I. (Howard Irving)

The enginery of dollars was crushing in its might.

From The Furnace of Gold by Marchand, J. N.

In the centre was a battlemented gateway, of sufficient strength to resist any force that could be brought against it, by the rude enginery of native warfare.

From Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 by Vide, V. V.