Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Munition"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Munition \Mu*ni"tion\, n. [F., munition of war, L. munitio a
fortifying, fortification, fr. munire to fortify, defend with
a wall; cf. moenia walls, murus (for moirus) a wall, and Skr.
mi to fix, make firm. Cf. {Ammunition}.]
1. Fortification; stronghold. [Obs.]
His place of defense shall be the munitions of
rocks. --Is. xxxiii.
16.
2. Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for
annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and
provisions; military stores of all kinds.
The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly
be called the sinews of war. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
munition
n 1: weapons considered collectively [syn: {weaponry}, {arms}, {implements
of war}, {weapons system}]
2: defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built
around a stronghold to strengthen it [syn: {fortification}]
v : supply with munition
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