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Word entry · 9 letters

artillery

Best crossword clue

"Big guns"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɑːˈtɪləɹi/Part of speech nounSorted aeillrrtyStarts with AEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. large but transportable armament

Word origin

From Middle English artillerie, from Old French artillerie (“collection of military engines, crossbows, lances etc.”), from artillier (“to equip, provide with contraptions”), alteration of atiller (“to arrange, adjust, put on clothes or, especially, pieces of armour”) (influenced by art), itself from Vulgar Latin *apticlō < **apticulō, from Latin aptō (“to make capable”).

Used in a sentence

  • And Ionathan gaue his artillery vnto his ladde, and said vnto him, Goe, cary them to the citie.
    And Jonathan gave his weapons unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. (American Standard Version)

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