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carronade Mil.|kærəˈneɪd|
[f. Carron, near Falkirk in Scotland (where originally cast) + -ade.]
A short piece of ordnance, usually of large calibre, having a chamber for the powder like a mortar: chiefly used on shipboard.
(Said in N. & Q. 5th Ser. II. 247 (1855) to be the invention of Gen. Robt. Melville.)
1779Admiralty Minute 16 July (MS. Record Off.), Experiments having lately been made..of the utility of small pieces of cannon called carronades, and the Comptroller of the Navy..having recommended the use of them. 1781Gentl. Mag. LI. 485 Trials were made of an hundred pound carronade, mounted on a battery at Leith. 1809Wellington Let. in Gurw. Disp. IV. 439 You have omitted to require carriages for the carronades. 1833Marryat P. Simple (1863) 131 Our large boats had carronades mounted in their bows. 1858Greener Gunnery 67 Carronades..short..ordnance without trunnions, but fastened by a loop under the reinforce. 1861Smiles Engineers II. 61 The manufacture of carronades or ‘smashers’ at the Carron works.
attrib.1833Marryat P. Simple (1863) 52 To take a seat upon the carronade slides. |