arms en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ɑɹmz/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ɑːmz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2.
Meanings
- (plural) Weaponry, weapons.
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(plural) A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, normally displayed upon an escutcheon and sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement
The arms of England are: gules, three lions passant guardant or.
The Metropolitan Electric trams bore the three seaxes of the Middlesex arms, with a crown above the shield, on a blue circle.
1950 June, Michael Robbins, “Heraldry of London Underground Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 382:
Deriveds
arms trafficking · antiarms · Bronwydd Arms · passage at arms · feat of arms · armshouse · coat of arms · pursuivant at arms · in arms · arms dealer · armsbearing · armsmaker · Craven Arms · equality of arms · Holland Arms · Berney Arms · survival arms
Translations (5)
nb våpen (heraldic design) · nn våpen (heraldic design) · de Wappen (heraldic design) · da våben (heraldic design) · sv vapen (heraldic design)