English-Thai Dictionary

artillery

N ปืนใหญ่  paen-yai

 

artilleryman

N ทหารปืนใหญ่  artillerist tha-han-paen-yai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARTILLERY

n.This word has no plural. 1. In a general sense, offensive weapons of war. Hence it was formerly used for bows and arrows.
And Jonathan gave his artillery to his lad. 1 Samuel 2 :4 .
But in present usage, appropriately,
2. Canon; great guns; ordinance, including guns, mortars and grenades, with their furniture of carriages, balls, bombs and shot of all kinds.
3. In a more extended sense, the word includes powder, cartridges, matches, utensils, machines of all kinds, and horses that belong to a train of artillery.
4. The men who manage cannon and mortars, including matrosses, gunners, bombardiers, cannoniers, or by whatever name they are called, with the officers, engineers and persons who supply the artillery with implements and materials.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARTILLERY

Ar *til "ler *y, n. Etym: [OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie, arteillerie,fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns, ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm, prob. from L. ars, artis, skill in joining something, art. See Art. ]

 

1. Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows. [Obs. ] And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad. 1 Sam. xx. 4 .

 

2. Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc. , with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds.

 

Note: The word is sometimes used in a more extended sense, including the powder, cartridges, matches, utensils, machines of all kinds, and horses, that belong to a train of artillery.

 

3. The men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided.

 

4. The science of artillery or gunnery. Campbell. Artillery park, or Park of artillery. (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. -- Artillery train, or Train of artillery, a number of pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their furniture, ready for marching.

 

ARTILLERYMAN

ARTILLERYMAN Ar *til "ler *y *man, n.

 

Defn: A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing.

 

ARTILLERY WHEEL

ARTILLERY WHEEL Ar *til "ler *y wheel.

 

Defn: A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes; hence, a wheel of similar construction for use on automobiles, etc.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

artillery

ar til ler y |ärˈtilərē ɑrˈtɪl (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. artilleries ) large-caliber guns used in warfare on land: tanks and heavy artillery. • a military detachment or branch of the armed forces that uses such guns. DERIVATIVES ar til ler ist |-rist |noun, ar til ler y man |-mən |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French artillerie, from artiller, alteration of atillier ‘equip, arm, ’ probably a variant of atirier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at ’) + tire ‘rank, order. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

artillery

artillery |ɑːˈtɪləri | ▶noun ( pl. artilleries ) [ mass noun ] large-calibre guns used in warfare on land: tanks and heavy artillery. • a military detachment or branch of the armed forces that uses large-calibre guns. DERIVATIVES artillerist noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French artillerie, from artiller, alteration of atillier ‘equip, arm ’, probably a variant of atirier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at ’) + tire ‘rank, order ’.

 

artilleryman

ar ¦til ¦lery |man |ɑːˈtɪlərɪmən | ▶noun ( pl. artillerymen ) a member of a regiment of artillery.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

artillery

artillery noun the relentless sound of artillery: ordnance, (big ) guns, cannon (s ); battery.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

artillery

artillery noun (big ) guns, ordnance, cannon (s ), cannonry, heavy weapons, heavy weaponry, battery.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

artillery

ar til ler y /ɑː r tɪ́l (ə )ri /名詞 U 〖集合的に 〗1 (大型の )大砲 (↔small arms ); 砲撃, 砲火 (!旧式の大砲はcannon; 個々の火砲をさす場合はgun ) .2 〖通例the ～〗砲兵隊 [科 ].3 砲術 .4 (ミサイル )発射台 .

 

artilleryman

art í llery man 名詞 複 -men C 砲兵, 砲手 (｟男女共用 ｠artillery personnel ).