sb. Obs. [a. OF. artiller, -ier, arteiller, cogn. w. Sp. artillero, It. artigliero, L. type *articulārius, also in OF. articulier (a Lat. Fr. Gloss. in Godef. has ‘Artifex, articulier, ouvrier’); cf. OF. artill(i)er to fortify, provide with engines of war:—L. *articulāre; apparently f. late L. articula or articulum (Du Cange), dim. of ars, artem art. Cf. engine from ingenium. But some would connect these words with articulus joint.] A maker of artillery; spec. a bowyer.
c. 1360. in Househ. Ord. (1790), 4. Artifficers and workmen—Artellers 6.
1483. Act 1 Rich. III., xi. § 1. The said inhabitaunts Artillers myght competently lyve upon suche stuff as they than bought of Bowestaves at xl s. the C.
