ordnance in English
The term is, however, also correctly applied to heavy rifled ordnance of the howitzer class used for coastal defence by some nations, though few ever saw use in 1939-45.
From 1766 to 1770 he was master-general of the ordnance , vice-treasurer of Ireland 1781-9, and given a British peerage in 1786 as Baron Carleton.
Use "ordnance" in a sentence
1. Detonate the ordnance!
2. Ordnance Depot, Allahabad 508 Army Base Workshop Ordnance Depot, Allahabad celebrates its centenary on 10 April 2005
3. Breechless [breech-lis] EXAMPLESWORD ORIGIN adjective Ordnance
4. See the ordnance section for more details.
5. Hundreds of ordnance factories are recruiting people now.
6. Lorton paused to consult his Ordnance Survey map.
7. You're sending my men into battle with untested ordnance?
8. This Category contains pages for: Arsenals Armouries (CAN) -or- Armories (US) Ordnance Depots Companies that manufactured guns, carriages and ordnance for use on military installations.
9. The Conroy Breechloader fared well in the ordnance board’s tests
10. She worked in an ordnance factory during the war.
11. Robert Shadley, commander of the ordnance center and school.
12. One from the ordnance factory and one from the Army.
13. Ordnance survey maps are the official maps of Britain printed by the government.
14. Where there is known to be much unexploded ordnance, in cases of unexploded subsoil ordnance a remote investigation is done by visual interpretation of available historical aerial photographs.
15. Aerial photography was carried out by Walter de Aitchison for the Ordnance Survey.
16. B, often shortened to Tiger B. The ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz.
17. Ordnance Survey maps are essential: they are accurate and of good quality.
18. There were some poor lost souls last week at the Ordnance Survey office in Chester.
19. The father is the ordnance factory worker, the mother is the tannery worker.
20. If Hamlet give the first or second hit, let all the battlements their ordnance fire.
21. Government Arsenals that manufactured or stored guns, carriages and ordnance for use by the U.S
22. Letcher assumed the duties as the Chief of Ordnance and Commandant of the U.S
23. An Ordnance Survey grid reference gives the position of a place to within 100 metres.
24. Then in 1956, he became a teacher of the No. 1 Ordnance Technical School.
25. Volunteers with technical qualifications were accepted for the Engineers, Ordnance and the Service Corps.
26. Study a local map and the Ordnance Survey, which is a mine of information.
27. In Vietnam, 800,000 tons of landmines and unexploded ordnance is buried in the land and mountains.
28. The attackers drop real ordnance, itself a rarity in the world of the Hollywood invisible bomb.
29. Bloops is a Fruit and Field Beer style beer brewed by Ordnance Brewing in Boardman, OR
30. While in Newport, Arkansas picked up ordnance for destroyers and brought it back to Hampton Roads.
31. Filling a substantial amount of skyline and covering six full squares of the Ordnance Survey map.
32. When Sir Robert Peel formed his first ministry in 1834 he appointed Bonham storekeeper of the ordnance.
33. A useful step is to inspect old Ordnance Survey maps, and the cinch 1906 survey will be found useful.
34. Reduction in the number of civilian casualties resulting from unexploded ordnance accidents (2007/08: 30; 2008/09: 15)
35. Unexploded ordnance and mines planted along the borders and the military zone are also hampering reintegration activities.
36. Force Escort Group Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, Police Dog Unit and other non - front - line units were mobilised.
37. Adjective Breechless having no breeches or trousers; bare-bottomed 3 adjective Breechless without a breech 3 adjective Breechless Ordnance
38. The first stage focuses on making the munitions safe through destroying abandoned explosive ordnance or moving it to temporary field storage.
39. Loading of AC was completed and the ordnance installation verification checks carried out as per the technical orders.
40. He succeeded Pym in control of the ordnance, and was thanked by the House for deciphering intercepted letters.
41. The Alecto is equipped with the Ordnance QF 95mm Howitzer, a gun based on the QF 3.7 inch AA Gun
42. Article 4 – Recording, retaining and transmission of information on the use or abandonment of explosive ordnance and information sharing
43. On Grey's becoming prime minister in 18 Creevey got the post of treasurer of the ordnance at ￡200 a year.
44. Rather Article 4 was targeted at the use and abandonment of explosive ordnance by a State’s armed forces during an armed conflict.
45. The early versions of Ordnance Survey maps are also very useful - particularly the large-scale, six inch to one mile maps.
46. However, Article 4 addresses the use or abandonment of explosive ordnance and not the surveillance of contaminated areas during peacetime.
47. The estate was requisitioned by the War Ministry from 1940 to 1945 as a local command, training, and ordnance centre.
48. See, this ordnance gel has been calibrated to absolutely replicate human tissue, so we can see if the ribs crack when they're electrocuted.
49. Aeroshell Fluid 31 is recommended for use in aircraft, ordnance, and missile systems operating from 40°C to +205°C
50. The 'GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) is a U.S. Air Force, precision-guided, 30,000-pound (14,000 kg) "bunker buster" bomb.