What does "armory" mean?
Armory: Armor: defensive and offensive arms. Celestial armory, shields, helms, and spears. Milton.
Additional senses
- 2.A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords. [U.S.]
- 3.Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings. Spensplw.
- 4.That branch of hplwaldry which treats of coat armor. The science of heraldry, or, more justly speaking, armory, which is but one branch of heraldry, is, without doubt, of very ancient origin. Cussans.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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