Other forms: arsenals
An arsenal is a store of weapons, or a range of resources. A nuclear arsenal, his arsenal of tricks, raid the arsenal.
The figurative use is now at least as common — a player's arsenal of shots. The word came through Italian from Arabic, where dar al-sina'a means a house of manufacture, and it first named the great shipyard of Venice.
1nounarsenalA store of weapons.
“The rebels had built up a huge arsenal of guns and bombs.”
2nounrangeA range of resources or techniques.
“A good teacher has a whole arsenal of games to keep children interested.”
arsenal is a store.
Italian arsenale comes from Arabic dar al-sina'a, a house of manufacture. It first named the Venetian shipyard.
Arabic
دَار الصِّنَاعَة — manufacturing shop
Italian
arsenale
English, today
arsenal
From Italian arsenale, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (“manufacturing shop”), from دَار + صِنَاعَة.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire