artillery
noun
[ ɑːˈtɪləri ]
• large-calibre guns used in warfare on land.
• "tanks and heavy artillery"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French artillerie, from artiller, alteration of atillier ‘equip, arm’, probably a variant of atirier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + tire ‘rank, order’.
