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

Example Sentences

As a sort of compromise, indeed, the carronade was dismounted, and placed beside the hall-door.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

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 gun, too, was an unwieldy nine-pounder ship's carronade, mounted upon a clumsy slide, without wheels for easy transportation, or any of the conveniences necessary for manœuvering on land.

From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)

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 Bevan, A. Beckford

Each bound of the liberated carronade menaced the destruction of the vessel.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various