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The word as used in the current context originated in the middle-ages. It comes from the Old French atellier meaning to arrange, and attillement meaning equipment. from the 13th C. an artillier was a builder of war machines, and for the next 250 years the word artillery was used to cover all forms of military equipment.
The word as used in the current context originated in the middle-ages. It comes from the Old French atellier meaning to arrange, and attillement meaning equipment. From the 13th C. an artillier referred to a builder of any war equipment, and for the next 250 years the word artillery was used to cover all forms of military weapons.

Any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war.

The word as used in the current context originated in the middle-ages. It comes from the Old French atellier meaning to arrange, and attillement meaning equipment. From the 13th C. an artillier referred to a builder of any war equipment, and for the next 250 years the word artillery was used to cover all forms of military weapons.

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