See Also: Patrol Judges - Horse Racing(gambling)
Placing Judges - Horse Racing(gambling)
Film Patrol - Horse Racing(gambling)
Video Patrol - Horse Racing(gambling)
Patrol Judge(s) - Horse Racing(gambling)
Patrol Judge - Horse Racing(gambling)
Judges - Fencing(gambling)
Magistrate Judges(law)
Judges' Stand - Greyhound Racing(gambling)
gambling(encyclopedia)

Patrol Judges - Horse Racing (gambling) and arm(2) (iou)


Patrol Judges - Horse Racing (gambling)


Officials who observe progress of race from various vantage points around the track.

arm(2) (iou)



arm noun2. [¨»:m] ME.
[Old & mod. French armes pl. from Latin arma (no sing.).]
I. Something used in fighting.
In pl. Defensive covering for the body; armour, mail. Now poet. ME.
Shakespeare Richard II Boys..clap their female joints In stiff unwieldy arms.
A weapon. Usu. in pl., instruments used in fighting, weapons, armaments. ME.
R. Graves As a final arm for use when even the lance failed they carried a heavy broadsword. H. Macmillan As regards defence, Pakistan wanted more arms, especially tanks and bombers. fig.: Sir T. Browne Unable to wield the intellectual arms of reason.
In pl. Defensive or offensive parts of animals or plants. rare. LME.
II. Elliptical senses.
In pl. The Exercise of arms; fighting, war. ME.
Shakespeare Richard II Thou Art a banish'd man, and here Art come..In braving arms against thy sovereign. Steele It is a barbarous Way to extend Dominion by Arms.
In pl. The practice or profession of arms; soldiering. ME.
G. B. Shaw A patrician keeping a shop instead of following arms!
In pl. Feats of arms; valiant deeds. poet. LME.
Dryden Arms and the man I sing.
Each kind of troops in an army, as cavalry, infantry, etc. (orig. these two only); a branch of the armed forces, or (transf.) of any organization. (Occas. understood as a fig. use of ARM noun1) L18.
G. R. Gleig They numbered about 12,000 of all arms. H. G. Wells The Emperor..placed him in control of the new aeronautic arm of the German forces. Daily Telegraph Opel, the European arm of General Motors.
III.
In pl. Heraldic insignia or devices, borne orig. on the shields of knights or barons to distinguish them in battle, which later became the hereditary possessions of their Families; armorial bearings. Also, the insignia of a country, corporation, company, etc. (Freq. also in names of inns and public houses.) ME.
J. Betjeman Balkan Sobranies in a wooden box, The college arms upon the lid. G. Heyer An impressive vehicle which bore its noble owner's arms emblazoned on the door-panels. Dylan Thomas It is always opening time at the Sailors Arms.
Phrases etc.: assault-at-arms, assault-of-arms: see ASSAULT noun 1. bear arms be armed, serve as a soldier; have a coat of arms. coat of arms: see COAT noun. College of Arms: see COLLEGE noun. companion in arms: see COMPANION noun1. firearms: see FIREARM noun. in arms armed, prepared to fight. in arms with Heraldry quartered with. King at Arms, King of Arms: see KING noun. lay down arms, lay down one's arms cease fighting, surrender. man-at-arms (arch.), man-of-arms a soldier, esp. one heavily armed. master-at-arms the chief police officer on a man-of-war or merchant vessel. office of arms: see OFFICE noun. passage at arms, passage of arms: see PASSAGE noun 15b. place of arms: see PLACE noun1. small arms: see SMALL adjective. take up arms arm oneself, begin fighting. to arms! prepare to fight! under arms ready for war or battle. up in arms actively rebelling; fig. strongly protesting.
Comb.: arms control international agreement to limit or reduce armaments; arms race competition between nations in the development and accumulation of weapons.
armless adjective2 (arch.) without arms; unarmed: E17.