Associations to the word «Gunnery»

Wiktionary

GUNNERY, noun. (uncountable) The science of guns and gunfire including aspects of bullet flight and impact.
GUNNERY, noun. (uncountable) The design and manufacture of guns, particularly those of a large caliber.
GUNNERY, noun. (countable) A place where guns are tested, or where people are trained in their use
GUNNERY SERGEANT, noun. (military) (US) A non-commissioned officer of rank E-7 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above a staff sergeant and below a master sergeant or first sergeant.

Dictionary definition

GUNNERY, noun. Guns collectively.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats