artillery

 
Pronunciation: /ɑːˈtɪləri/

noun (plural 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: each corps included two regiments of field artillery [in names]: he served in the Royal Artillery

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'