A place where ammunition, weapons, and other military materials are stored.
the army discussed its plans to improve ordnance depots
Example sentencesExamples
Aircraft on an armed reconnaissance patrol located an ammunition lorry near to the heavily damaged central ordnance depot.
Arms were issued from the ordnance depot.
The target selected for the day was an ordnance depot, just south of the city.
The land is part of a former army ordnance depot that handled as much as 1,300 tons of ammunition a day during World War I.
A Royal Command had ordered that a major defence system be constructed and this was later extended to include the ordnance depot.
Dogs continue to serve as patrol or guard animals, especially in extensive but lightly manned installations such as ordnance depots or airfields.
In 1991 he was promoted to sub-officer with the Ministry fire service and moved to the Ordnance Depot at Bicester for five years.
More than forty thousand left the reservations during each of the war years to take jobs in ordnance depots, in aircraft factories, on the railroads, and in other war industries.
Even at our bombing altitude of 12,000-ft, we could feel the concussion of our bombs exploding within the ordnance depot and other detonations from exploding munitions.
The area is a haven for the extensive wildlife population that calls the 64,000-acre ordnance depot home.
Definition of ordnance depot in US English:
ordnance depot
noun
A place where ammunition, weapons, and other military materials are stored.
the army discussed its plans to improve ordnance depots
Example sentencesExamples
Dogs continue to serve as patrol or guard animals, especially in extensive but lightly manned installations such as ordnance depots or airfields.
The land is part of a former army ordnance depot that handled as much as 1,300 tons of ammunition a day during World War I.
The area is a haven for the extensive wildlife population that calls the 64,000-acre ordnance depot home.
In 1991 he was promoted to sub-officer with the Ministry fire service and moved to the Ordnance Depot at Bicester for five years.
Aircraft on an armed reconnaissance patrol located an ammunition lorry near to the heavily damaged central ordnance depot.
The target selected for the day was an ordnance depot, just south of the city.
Even at our bombing altitude of 12,000-ft, we could feel the concussion of our bombs exploding within the ordnance depot and other detonations from exploding munitions.
A Royal Command had ordered that a major defence system be constructed and this was later extended to include the ordnance depot.
More than forty thousand left the reservations during each of the war years to take jobs in ordnance depots, in aircraft factories, on the railroads, and in other war industries.