Definition of artillery

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Artillery (n.) The science of artillery or gunnery.

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Artillerist :: Artillerist (n.) A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.
Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery..
Artilleryman :: Artilleryman (n.) A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing..
Battering Train :: Battering train () A train of artillery for siege operations.
Drill :: Drill (n.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill..
Point-blank :: Point-blank (n.) With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal..
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) Two or more pieces of artillery in the field.
Troop :: Troop (n.) Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery..
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows..
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds..
Line :: Line (n.) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc..
Saker :: Saker (n.) A small piece of artillery.
Cannonry :: Cannonry (n.) Cannon, collectively; artillery..
Fire :: Fire (v. i.) To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town..
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) The science of artillery or gunnery.
Salvo :: Salvo (n.) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley..
Drake :: Drake (n.) A small piece of artillery.
Bombardier :: Bombardier (n.) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.
Fieldpiece :: Fieldpiece (n.) A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun..
Uniform :: Uniform (a.) A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in the same service or order by means of which they have a distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the Freemasons, etc..
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