Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ammunition \Am`mu*ni"tion\, n. [F. amunition, for munition,
   prob. caused by taking la munition as l'amunition. See
   {Munition}.]
   1. Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or
      defense. [Obs.]

   2. Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all
      kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps,
      rockets, etc.

   3. Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.

   {Ammunition bread}, {shoes}, etc., such as are contracted for
      by government, and supplied to the soldiers. [Eng.]