munition Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun weapons considered collectively
    weapons system; weaponry; implements of war; arms.
  2. noun military supplies
    ordnance; ordnance store.
  3. noun defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
    fortification.
  4. verb supply with weapons

WordNet

Mu*ni"tion noun
Etymology
F., munition of war, L. munitio a fortifying, fortification, fr. munire to fortify, defend with a wall; cf. moenia walls, murus (for moirus) a wall, and Skr. mi to fix, make firm. Cf. Ammunition.
Definitions
  1. Fortification; stronghold. Obs.
    His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. Is. xxxiii. 16.
  2. Whatever materials are used in war for drfense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds.
    The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. Sir W. Raleigh.

Webster 1913