arming
/ˈɑɹmɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.14 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of supplying (oneself or others) with armor and (now especially) arms and ammunition in preparation for a conflict; the act of providing with the means of defense and attack.
noun
The act of supplying (oneself or others) with armor and (now especially) arms and ammunition in preparation for a conflict; the act of providing with the means of defense and attack.
noun
The act of supplying with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task.
noun
A piece of tallow or soap put in the cavity and over the bottom of a sounding lead to pick up samples of the bottom of the sea.
Example Sentences
- "The arming was now universal."
- "Applying the conventions of war epic, this section of the novel would correspond to the arming of the hero, his donning of armor and assembling weapons in preparation for battle."
- "The arming of Paris begins [as follows...] First he placed along his legs the fair greaves linked with silver fastenings to hold the greaves at the ankles. Afterwards he girt on about his chest the corselet. […]The armings of Agamemnon, Patroclus, and Achilles with the same three lines as that of Paris."
- "arming buckle, arming doublet, arming garments (garments for anchoring armor to), arming harness, arming jacket, arming nail, arming point, arming straps (for securing armor)"
- "[…] two tunicles and a gambeson, each with a border of the arms of France; […] a quantity of aiguilletes and laces for arming; six bascinets; a gamboised thigh-piece, and an esquivalens of leather[…]"
- "The novelty largely consists in the arming of such subordinate officials of the statutory court with the new magic wand of the record book and of spoken English;[…]"
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English armyng.