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armoury

Pronunciation: /ˈɑːməri/

(US armory)
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Definition of armoury

noun (plural armouries)

  • 1a place where arms are kept.
  • a supply of arms:Britain’s nuclear armoury expanded
  • US a place where arms are manufactured.
  • 2an array of resources available for a particular purpose:his armoury of comic routines
  • 3North American a place where militia units drill and train.

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'armour'): from Old French armoirie, armoierie, from armoier 'to blazon', from arme 'weapon' (see arms). The change in the second syllable in the 17th century was due to association with armour

armoury in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of armoury in the US English dictionary