Columbiadn.
/kəˈlʌmbɪad/ 1. An epic of America. [Madame du Boccage (1710–1802) wrote an epic in French with the title La Colombiade.]
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1798 J. L. Moore (title) The Columbiad; an Epic Poem, on the Discovery of America and the West Indies by Columbus.
1807 J. Barlow (title) The Columbiad: a Poem.
2. A kind of heavy cast-iron cannon or howitzer formerly used in the U.S. army.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > other pieces of ordnance
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1861 W. H. Russell in Times 14 May The columbiad guns with which this battery is equipped..The columbiad is a kind of Dahlgren that is, a piece of ordnance very thick in the breech, and lightened off gradually from the trunnions to the muzzle.
1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. IV. 161 The howitzer shell-guns were remodeled in 1844, when the larger gun was first named columbiad.
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