Arming definition

Present participle of arm.
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(nautical) 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.

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The act of supplying with arms and ammunition in preparation of a conflict.
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(nautical, chiefly in the plural) One of the red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.
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Noun

Singular:
arming
Plural:
armings

Arming Sentence Examples

  • She made a show of arming the laser gun.

  • Jade walked into Darkyn.s open chamber to find the demon arming himself for battle.

  • Darian exited and dressed in all black, arming himself with knives.

  • It revised the arming andorganization of the Statute of national militia, the lineal descendent of the old fyrd, cheser.

  • His arming of the forts at Alexandria was held to constitute a menace to the British fleet.

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