armory

noun6

1. •
   A place where arms are kept, an arsenal.
2. •
   A collection of weapons and materiel.
3. •
   A place where arms are made.
4. •
   Heraldry.
5. •
   The manufacture of armour and arms; arming, armouring.

   • (1.) *Armorist. n. s. [from armour.] A person skilled in heraldry. Dict. (2.) Armorist, signifies also a person skilled in armory. — 1816
6. •
   (rare) A family or group of aardvarks.

   • A family of aardvarks, or an armoury of aardvarks, were regular visitors to the waterhole — 2025