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noun

armoury n.

A collection of resources.

Synonyms: armory, inventory.

All the weapons and equipment that a country has.

Synonyms: arsenal, armory.

A military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms.

Synonyms: arsenal, armory.

A place where arms are manufactured.

Synonyms: armory, arsenal

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Etymology of 'Armoury'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Armoury" Quotes from Famous Books

... ought to have plenty of swords and guns," I thought, and I determined when my father began to speak to me again, to propose that he should have a little armoury in the cupboard. ...

— Devon Boys - A Tale of the North Shore • George Manville Fenn

... he crawled; continuing to ascend along close passages and up narrow flights of stairs, that appeared to him to be fashioned to avoid the rooms of the house. At last he pushed a door, and found himself in an armoury, among stands of muskets, swords, bayonets, cartouche-boxes, and, most singular of all, though he observed them last, small brass pieces of cannon, shining with polish. Shot was piled in pyramids beneath their mouths. He examined the guns admiringly. ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... my thought. Honain! Honain! He waits without. I have seen the best of life, that's very sure. My heart is cracking. She surely jests! Hah! Honain. Pardon these distracted looks. Fly to the Armoury! ...

— Alroy - The Prince Of The Captivity • Benjamin Disraeli

... this was that Susy Blake possessed much of an unconscious influence called loving-kindness. No weapon of the spiritual armoury is equal to this. In the hands of a man it is tremendous. In those of a pretty girl it is irresistible. By means of it she brought the fiercest little arabs of the slums to listen to the story of Jesus and His love. She afterwards asked God, the Holy Spirit, to ...

— The Garret and the Garden • R.M. Ballantyne

... him,' my friend answered, 'but he was so busy in filling ammunition cases that I could not gain his attention. When I tried once more he was counting the spare pikes in the Castle armoury with a tally and an ink-horn. I told him that I had come to crave his granddaughter's hand, on which he turned to me and asked, "which hand?" with so blank a stare that it was clear that his mind was elsewhere. On the ...

— Micah Clarke - His Statement as made to his three Grandchildren Joseph, - Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 • Arthur Conan Doyle

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