Definition of "artillery"

artillery

/ɑːˈtɪləɹi/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural artilleries
1. Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
2. An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
3. Gunnery.
4. (archaic) Weapons, especially siege engines.
  Quotations
  And Ionathan gaue his artillery vnto his ladde, and said vnto him, Goe, cary them to the citie.And Jonathan gave his weapons unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. (American Standard Version)
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1 Samuel 20:40
  The old walls […] were surely strong enough to keep out men without battering-rams, balistas, or artillery of any kind. [Footnote] Artillery is here used in its old English meaning for any kind of warlike engine. Cf. I Sam. XX. 40.
  1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 24, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 330