armament

[ArĀ·ma*ment]

Use the noun armament to talk about the kind of weapons that armies use when they wage wars. A tank, for example, is an armament.

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A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.

Noun
the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war

Noun
weaponry used by military or naval force


n.
A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.

n.
All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.

n.
Any equipment for resistance.


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.

A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.

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Usage Examples

That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict.

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