munition : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: munition	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for munition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
munition n weapons considered collectively [syn: weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system, munition] military supplies Synonym(s): munition, ordnance, ordnance store defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it Synonym(s): fortification, munition v supply with weapons
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Munition \Muni"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.