arming

Noun

arm=ing

WORDNET DICTIONARY

arming(n = noun.act) armament, equipping - the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war; Array

is a kind of militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization

has particulars: outfitting, rearmament

Antonym: disarming

arming, n.

The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms. [1913 Webster]
"The arming was now universal." [1913 Webster]
A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom. Totten. [1913 Webster]
Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays. [1913 Webster]

Arming press (Bookbinding), a press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books.