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place of arms

noun

an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.

an enlarged part of the covered way in a fortification.

Origin of place of arms

First recorded in 1590–1600

Words nearby place of arms

place card, place in the sun, place kick, place mat, place name, place of arms, place of articulation, place of safety order, place pigalle, place setting, place value

Example sentences from the Web for place of arms

Bamberg, as usual, became a Prussian place-of-arms; was charged to pay ransom of 40,000 pounds;—'cannot possibly!'

History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIX. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle
The principal guard of a garrison town, usually posted in the place-of-arms, or the market-place.

The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth