arms

Definitions


[ɑːmz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- weapons; armaments
(e.g: arms and ammunition)

- distinctive emblems or devices originally borne on shields in battle and now forming the heraldic insignia of families, corporations, or countries


Phrases:
- a call to arms
- bear arms
- in arms
- take up arms
- under arms
- up in arms

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French armes, from Latin arma




definition by Oxford Dictionaries