CANNONADE


Meaning of CANNONADE in English

[ ˌkanə'neɪd ]

■ noun a period of continuous heavy gunfire.

■ verb discharge heavy guns continuously.

Origin

C16: from Fr., from Ital. cannonata , from cannone (see cannon ).

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