carronade

British  

/ ˌkærəˈneɪd /

noun

1. an obsolete naval gun of short barrel and large bore

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Etymology

Origin of carronade

C18: named after Carron, Scotland, where it was first cast; see _-ade

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Example Sentences

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carronade

I kept her as a tender, put an eighteen-pound carronade, a master’s mate, and twenty men on board her, and a few days afterwards she captured a very pretty schooner coming round Cape Mayzi.

From A Sailor of King George by A. Beckford Bevan

She carried a heavy pivot gun and a carronade, and had a crew of fifty officers and men.

From Jan Vedder's Wife by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

The same remark applies to French and American ships when the use of the carronade extended from the British to other navies.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

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

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 Frederick Whymper

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