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# artillery

noun

«artillery» in the English dictionary: everyday and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Artillery means big guns and cannons used in war, and also the soldiers who fire them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artillery/#m1)

### In the lessons

in war stories the artillery fires from far behind the front line

### Examples

- The artillery fired all night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artillery/#x1)
- I heard the roar of heavy artillery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artillery/#x2)
- The cannons were stacked near the artillery lines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artillery/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

In older English, any weapons that throw or shoot, such as bows and arrows or catapults. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/artillery/#m1)

### Then and now

Today it means big guns and cannons used in war. The sentences use the modern sense, so the word is used as today.

### Examples

- I heard them coming, and I also at the same time was conscious of a rush of air and a sound like the roar of heavy artillery. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/artillery/#x1)
- At last I fell over the tail-end of a gun, and by that knew I was somewhere near the artillery lines where the cannon were stacked at night. (The Jungle Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/artillery/#x2)

### Note

Today: big guns; cannons.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «artillery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artillery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«artillery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/artillery.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «artillery» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/artillery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«artillery» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/artillery.html) on Mova free.