All 3 Uses of
ordnance
in
Gone with the Wind
- Where vacant lots had been a year before, there were now factories turning out harness, saddles and shoes, ordnance-supply plants making rifles and cannon, rolling mills and foundries producing iron rails and freight cars to replace those destroyed by the Yankees, and a variety of industries manufacturing spurs, bridle bits, buckles, tents, buttons, pistols and swords.†
Chpt 2.8
- Shoes and clothing for the army were scarce, ordnance supplies and drugs were scarcer.†
Chpt 2.16 *
- The train bearing the wounded had already come in and the litter bearers were working swiftly in the hot sun, transferring wounded into ambulances and covered ordnance wagons.†
Chpt 3.17
Definition:
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(ordnance) military supplies -- especially disposable items such as ammunition and bombs