Definition of munition

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Munition (n.) Fortification; stronghold.

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Premunition :: Premunition (n.) The act of fortifying or guarding against objections.
Magazine :: Magazine (n.) A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc..
Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A chest to hold ammunition.
Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc..
Equip :: Equip (v. t.) To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; -- said esp. of ships and of troops..
Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense..
Park :: Park (n.) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects themselves; as, a park of wagons; a park of artillery..
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows..
Round :: Round (n.) Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty rounds of ammunition were given out..
Munition :: Munition (n.) Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds..
Sabot :: Sabot (n.) A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling..
Ammunitioning :: Ammunitioning (p pr. & vb. n.) of Ammunitio.
Ammunitioned :: Ammunitioned (imp. & p. p.) of Ammunitio.
Muniment :: Muniment (n.) That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance.
Materiel :: Materiel (n.) That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers..
Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber..
Limber :: Limber (n.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit..
Haversack :: Haversack (n.) A gunner's case or bag used carry cartridges from the ammunition chest to the piece in loading.
Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed escort..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) That quantity, as of ammunition, electricity, ore, fuel, etc., which any apparatus, as a gun, battery, furnace, machine, etc., is intended to receive and fitted to hold, or which is actually in it at one time.
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