ar|til|ler|y

ar|til|ler|y «ahr TIHL uhr ee», noun.

1. mounted guns or rocket launchers manned by a crew; guns of larger caliber than machine guns; cannon; ordnance.

2. the part of an army that uses and manages such guns.

3. the science and practice of firing and coordinating the firing of guns of larger caliber than machine guns. Abbr: art.

╂[< Old French artillerie implements of war < artillier equip with implements of war < Medieval Latin articula (diminutive) < Latin ars, artis skill]