arms
nounUS /ɑɹmz/ · UK /ɑːmz/
Etymology From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2.
1
Weaponry, weapons.
2
Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, normally displayed upon an escutcheon and sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement
- The arms of England are: gules, three lions passant guardant or.
- The Metropolitan Electric trams bore the three seaxes of the Middlesex arms, with a crown above the shield, on a blue circle.1950 June, Michael Robbins, “Heraldry of London Underground Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 382:
- Derived terms
- antiarms, armsbearing, arms dealer, armshouse, armsmaker, arms trafficking, Berney Arms, Bronwydd Arms, coat of arms, Craven Arms, equality of arms, feat of arms, Holland Arms, in arms, passage at arms, pursuivant at arms, survival arms