place of arms

American  

noun

1. an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.

2. an enlarged part of the covered way in a fortification.

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Etymology

Origin of place of arms

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

P—The double caponier. a—The traverses. b—The sortie-passages. c—Stairs. d—Cut in the demi-lune to flank the redoubt of the re-entering place of arms.

From Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. by Halleck, Henry Wager

The whole countryside is a place of arms.

From They Shall Not Pass by Simonds, Frank H. (Frank Herbert)

Hamilcar, without loss of time, marched against Tunis, which, ever since the beginning of the war, had been the asylum of the rebels, and their place of arms.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles

The Russian victories in Galicia during the winter of 1914-15, followed as they were by the reduction of the important place of arms, Przemysl, caused unbounded satisfaction in this country.

From Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 by Callwell, C. E. (Charles Edward), Sir

The body is that of a deformed human frame, and the place of arms supplied by the heads of rattlesnakes placed on square plinths and united by fringed ornaments.

From Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World by Anonymous