armoury


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
armoury /ˈɑːməri/ (US armory)
noun (pl. armories)
  • 1 a store or supply of arms.

    US a place where weapons are manufactured.

  • 2 an array of resources available for a particular purpose.
  • 3 Canadian a place where militia units drill and train.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘armour’): from OFr. armoirie, armoierie, from armoier ‘to blazon’, from arme (see arms).
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