artillery : Idioms & Phrases
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artillery fire
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noun fire delivered by artillery
cannon fire.
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Artillery park , or Park of artillery
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(a) A collective body of siege or field artillery, including the guns, and the carriages, ammunition, appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for working them.(b) The place where the artillery is encamped or collected.
Webster 1913
artillery plant
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noun tropical American stingless nettle that discharges its pollen explosively
Pilea microphylla.
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artillery shell
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noun a shell fired by artillery
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Artillery train , or Train of artillery
- a number of pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their furniture, ready for marching.
Webster 1913
artillery unit
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noun an army unit that uses big guns
artillery.
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Field artillery
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noun movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)
field gun.
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- light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army.
Webster 1913
Flying artillery
(Mil.) , artillery trained to rapid evolutions, the men being either mounted or trained to spring upon the guns and caissons when they change position.
Webster 1913
Foot artillery
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(Mil.) (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot.(b) Heavy artillery. Farrow.
Webster 1913
Heavy artillery
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(Mil.) (a) Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege, garrison, and seacoast guns.(b) Troops which serve heavy guns.
Webster 1913
Horse artillery
- that portion of the artillery in which the cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the cavalry; flying artillery.
Webster 1913
Park of artillery
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Artillery .
Webster 1913
Train of artillery
- any number of cannon, mortars, etc., with the attendants and carriages which follow them into the field. Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.).
