field artillery

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noun

artillery mobile enough to accompany troops in the field.

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Origin of field artillery

First recorded in 1635–45

Words nearby field artillery

fief, fiefdom, field, field ambulance, field army, field artillery, field battery, field bed, field boot, field capacity, field captain

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How to use field artillery in a sentence

Warnagiris joined the Marine Corps in 2002 and serves as a field artillery officer, officials said.
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“Field artillery is the better means of delivering fires in Syria and Iraq,” the official added.
U.S. Fighter Jocks Pray The ‘ISIS Air Force’ Rumors Are True|Dave Majumdar|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At 10.20 our field artillery opened fire to cut wire in front of Turkish trenches and this was effectively done.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
He formed a column of two thousand men and a battery of field artillery and left the camp at dawn on the 25th.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy

A reconnoissance showed a line of strong works, in which were eighteen pieces of field artillery.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
Mr. Conne gave him a shrewd sideways glance, his cigar pointing upward like a piece of field artillery.
Tom Slade with the Colors|Percy K. Fitzhugh
My transfer to the American army appointed me as captain of field artillery instead of infantry, as I had wished.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt

British Dictionary definitions for field artillery

field artillery

noun

artillery capable of deployment in support of front-line troops, due mainly to its mobility

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