Synonyms for armory


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahr-muh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑr mə ri


Définition of armory

Origin :
  • "arms and weapons collectively," c.1300; see arm (n.2) + -ory. Meaning "place where arms are manufactured" is from mid-15c. Also used in a sense of "arsenal" (mid-15c.), "the science of heraldry" (late 15c.), from Old French armoierie, from armoier "to blazon," from Latin arma "weapons" (see arm (n.2)).
  • noun military building, usually for storing weapons
Example sentences :
  • Then the Dragon-King was frightened, and had the heaviest weapon in his armory brought in.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • They keep Troopers in the Armory and teach them how to fight.
  • Extract from : « Mutineer » by Robert J. Shea
  • So we come back home to Newyork and they lock us up in the Armory.
  • Extract from : « Mutineer » by Robert J. Shea
  • But when they'd opened up a gate like the double doors of an armory, and let us in, I forgot all that.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • From my pocket I took the key which unlocked the door of the room we called the armory.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • All slaves capable of bearing arms were to be equipped at once from the armory.
  • Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor
  • Northmour and I had each run to the armory and seized a gun.
  • Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
  • The main floor, big as an armory, airless as a tomb, swarmed with dancers.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1915 » by Various
  • In the past it has been an armory of platitudes or a forecast of punishments.
  • Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
  • Melanthios also was brought down from the armory and cast among the dogs to die.
  • Extract from : « Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca » by Homer

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