Meanings of public magazine in English

In 1780, he served under Captain Thomas Alexander to assist in guarding the public magazine in Charlotte.

He next entered the service under Captain Thomas Alexander, and was ordered to Charlotte for the purpose of guarding the public magazine in that place.

Besides the arms in the hands of the people, there are public magazines.

At the appointed season, they were all sheared, and the wool was deposited in the public magazines.

"But why should they insist on everything being put in public magazines?"

Gage, on the other hand, issued orders that the munitions of war in all the public magazines should be brought to Boston.

The yearly produce was distributed among the different public magazines, in small quantities to each, as something that would sanctify the remainder of the store.