Armentiers. A city of the department of the North, France; captured and burned by the English, 1339; pillaged by the French, 1382; destroyed by the Calvinists in 1566; occupied by Marshals de Gassion and de Rantzan, 1645; by Archduke Leopold, 1647; by the French in 1667, and remained a city of France in accordance with the peace treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1668.
Armes de Jet (Fr.). Missive weapons; offensive arms or instruments which act by propulsion, whether by the force of powder, steam, wind, or mechanism.
Armet (Fr.). A helmet or head-piece much in use in the 16th century, and worn with or without the beaver.
Armgaunt. Worn by military service; as, an armgaunt steed.
Armiger. Formerly an armor-bearer, as of a knight; an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to a coat of arms.
Armilausa. A military uniform coat, worn by the Romans over their armor.
Armiludia. A name given by the Romans to the exercises of arms, and also applied to the day on which these exercises took place.
Armilustrium. This name was given by the Romans to a military festival which took place on the 19th of October annually. After review the soldiers offered up sacrifices for the success of the Roman arms.
Armipotent. Powerful in arms; mighty in battle.
Armisonous. Rustling in arms; resounding with arms.