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

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Example Sentences

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place of arms

The place of arms, or parade, is large and handsome, as are many of the houses.

From History of the Buccaneers of America by James Burney

There are no outworks, except the covered way, now fully developed, with a battery in the re-entering place of arms.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

The Russians were making Kars into a great place of arms on modern lines, and one rather wondered why.

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

This study, therefore, was a place of arms.

From Francezka by Molly Elliot Seawell

Speckle’s other favourite ideas are here: the cavaliers and double parapets and his own particular invention of the low batteries behind the re-entering place of arms and the gorge of the ravelin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

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