manual of arms

1. 1.

   (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle

   Synonymsmanual

   Broaderexercise

   Partsorder arms

   military

Questions about manual of arms

What does manual of arms mean?

manual of arms means "(military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle".

What is another word for manual of arms?

Close synonyms include manual. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is manual of arms a common word?

manual of arms is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.