picking | the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.) |
arms control | a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country |
manual of arms manual | (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle |
order arms | a position in the manual of arms, the rifle is held vertically on the right side with the butt on the ground, often used as a command |
arms deal | a deal to provide military arms |
coat of arms arms blazon blazonry | the official symbols of a family, state, etc. |
parallel bars bars | gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights |
Stars and Bars Confederate flag | the first flag of the Confederate States of America |
uneven parallel bars uneven bars | a pair of parallel bars set at different heights, used in women's gymnastics |
weaponry arms implements of war weapons system munition | weapons considered collectively |
freedom to bear arms | a right guaranteed by the nd amendment to the US Constitution |
mustachio moustachio handle-bars | a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) |
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks SALT | negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons |
arms race | a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments |
munitions industry arms industry | an industry that manufacturers weapons of war |
arms manufacturer | someone who manufactures arms and munitions |
gentleman-at-arms | one ofgentlemen who attend the British sovereign on state occasions |
knight bachelor bachelor-at-arms bachelor | a knight of the lowest order, could display only a pennon |
man-at-arms | a heavily armed and mounted soldier in medieval times |
master-at-arms | the senior petty officer, responsible for discipline aboard ship |
sergeant at arms serjeant-at-arms | an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands |
picking pick | the quantity of a crop that is harvested, he sent the first picking of berries to the market, it was the biggest peach pick in years |
go to war take arms take up arms | commence hostilities |
a imprison incarcerate lag immure put behind bars jail jug gaol put away remand a | lock up or confine, in or as in a jail, The suspects were imprisoned without trial, the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life |
under arms | armed and prepared for fighting |