carronade
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of carronade
C18: named after Carron, Scotland, where it was first cast; see -ade
Example Sentences
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He seized a bale of the forged currency, and at the risk of being crushed, succeeded in flinging it between the wheels of the carronade.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various
Before I knew him he had gone through a very long and expensive course of experiments upon artillery, of which the carronade was the result.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick
The carronade which had been captured and rechained was itself disabled; the screw of the breech button was forced, and the leveling of the piece impossible in consequence.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various
She is a small brig carrying ten light guns, with one twenty-four pound carronade forward.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 by Various
Besides, I wanted to show them how poor Tiki "took arms against a sea of troubles," and for the want of a "bare bodkin" made shift with a carronade.
From Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times by 'A Pakeha Maori'
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