Definition of "field-artillery" [field-artillery]

• See artillery. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Six pieces of mountain artillery, two field-artillery guns, and ten mortars were placed at the Kirigaseki inspector's station."
• "No Man's Land (2001) - After a blistering field-artillery salvo, two soldiers -- Bosnian Chiki and Serb Nino -- find themselves marooned in a trench together while another combatant lies atop a land mine that, if moved, will blow them to bits."
• "No Man's Land (2001) - After a blistering field-artillery salvo, two soldiers-Bosnian Chiki (Branko Djuric) and Serb Nino (Rene Bitorajac) -- find themselves marooned in a trench together while another combatant lies atop a land mine that, if moved or jostled, will blow them to bits."