Definition of Ordnence
Ord"nance (?), n. [From OE.
ordenance, referring orig. to the bore or size of the cannon.
See Ordinance.] Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or
great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general
term for all weapons and appliances used in war.
All the battlements their ordnance
fire. Shak.
Then you may hear afar off the awful roar of his
[Rufus Choate's] rifled ordnance. E.
Ererett.
Ordnance survey, the official survey of
Great Britain and Ireland, conducted by the ordnance
department.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- military equipment, especially weapons and ammunition.
- artillery.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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