gunnery

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the practical skill, operation, and tactical use of guns, especially artillery or naval guns

   The crew trained daily in naval gunnery before deployment.

2. 2
   noun

   the science and technology of guns, projectiles, and their firing

   The course covered gunnery, ballistics, and fire control.

3. 3
   noun

   guns or gunfire considered collectively

   Heavy gunnery thundered from the ships beyond the harbor.

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Formed from gun + -ery, a suffix used for an activity, practice, or collective equipment. The word has referred to the art of operating guns, the technical study of their fire, and guns collectively.

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