Obs. Sc. Also 5–6 artailȝe, 6 -ȝee, artalȝe, -allie, -aillie. [Form not satisfactorily explained; the termination suggests F. artillé, pa. pple.] Scotch form of ARTILLERY.
c. 1470. Henry, Wallace, VII. 994. The Sotheron men maid gret defens that tid, With artailye, that felloune was to bid.
1548. Compl. Scot., 41. Gunnaris cum heir, and stand by ȝour artailȝee.
1552. Lyndesay, Papyngo, 947. Nor cum within the schote of thare artailȝe.
1565. R. Lindesay, Cron. (1814), 310 (Jam.). Artallie, pouder, and bullettis. Ibid., 326. They heard the artaillie schott on both sides.
