DEMICANNON

Meaning of DEMICANNON in English

noun a kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

DEMICANNON — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: Middle French demi canon, from demi half + canon cannon — more at demi- , cannon : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEMICANNON — (n.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds.
Английский словарь Webster
DEMICANNON — ( n. ) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHOLE CANNON — noun : a 16th and 17th century cannon throwing a projectile weighing from 70 to 120 pounds — compare demicannon
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CANNON — big gun, howitzer, or mortar, as distinguished from a musket, rifle, or other small arm. Modern cannon are complex mechanisms …
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