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Definitions of ordnance

1. large but transportable armament Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. military supplies Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

3. Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in war. Webster Dictionary DB

4. Heavy guns; artillery; military supplies. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

5. (orig.) Any arrangement, disposition, or equipment: great guns: artillery. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

6. Heavy guns; artillery. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

7. Implements of war, especially artillery. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

8. Cannon, or great guns, mortars and howitzers; artillery. Ordnance survey, a survey of Britain at the instance of government. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

9. A general term applied to all things connected with artillery; cannon; artillery. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

10. Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons, ammunitiion, and appliances used in war. dictgcide_fs

11. ord'nans, n. great guns: artillery: (orig.) any arrangement, disposition, or equipment.--ORDNANCE SURVEY, a preparation of maps and plans of Great Britain and Ireland, or parts thereof, undertaken by government and carried out by men selected from the Royal Engineers--so called because in earlier days the survey was carried out under the direction of the Master-general of the Ordnance. [Ordinance.] gutenberg.org/ebooks/37683

12. Mounted guns, cannon; branch of public service dealing esp. with military stores& materials (Army O. Department, formerly with wider powers Board of O.; o. survey, Government survey of Great Britain& Ireland; o. datum, sea level as defined for o. survey). Concise Oxford Dictionary

13. The Board of O. (now abolished) had the charge of barracks and their furniture as well as of all O. Glossary of terms and phrases - Percy

14. n. Heavy weapons of warfare ; cannon, mortars, and howitzers ; artillery. Cabinet Dictionary