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Ordnance - What does it mean?

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ordnance

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • military equipment, especially weapons and ammunition.
  • artillery.
  • Usage notes

    The British , now a civilian agency, retains its name from its origin as a military topographic survey of Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. This word is often confused with ordinance, which is a law or legal statute.

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.