arming

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil present participle and gerund of arm
2. isim The act of supplying (oneself or others) with armor and (now especially) arms and ammunition in preparation for a conflict; the act of providing with the means of defense and attack.

   “The arming was now universal.”

3. isim The affixing and securing on of armor.

   “arming buckle, arming doublet, arming garments (garments for anchoring armor to), arming harness, arming jacket, arming nail, arming point, arming straps (for securing armor)”

4. isim The act of supplying with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task.

   “The novelty largely consists in the arming of such subordinate officials of the statutory court with the new magic wand of the record book and of spoken English;[…]”

5. isim The act of preparing a tool or a weapon for action; activation.

   “This insures the arming of the fuze when fired.”

6. isim 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.

   “the nature of the sea bed indicated by the arming in the cavity at the base[…]”

7. isim One of the red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays, or used as a visual screen during times of action.