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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

'ARMAMENT, n. [L. armamenta, utensils, tackle, from arma.]
A body of forces equipped for war; used of a land or naval force. It is more generally used of a naval force, including ships, men and all the necessary furniture for war.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: weaponry used by military or naval force
2: the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war [syn: arming, armament, equipping] [ant: disarmament, disarming]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French armement, from Latin armamenta (plural) utensils, military or naval equipment, from armare Date: 1699 1. a military or naval force 2. a. the aggregate of a nation's military strength b. weapons, arms 3. the process of preparing for war

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 (often in pl.) military weapons and equipment, esp. guns on a warship. 2 the process of equipping for war. 3 a force equipped for war. Etymology: L armamentum (as ARM(2), -MENT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Armament Ar"ma*ment, n. [L. armamenta, pl., utensils, esp. the tackle of a ship, fr. armare to arm: cf. LL. armamentum, F. armement.] 1. A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force. ``The whole united armament of Greece.'' --Glover. 2. (Mil. & Nav.) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification. 3. Any equipment for resistance.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Body of forces. 2. Guns, cannon, arms, munitions of war.

Moby Thesaurus

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