Columbiadn.

/kəˈlʌmbɪad/

Etymology: < modern Latin Columbia (see Columbian adj.) + -ad suffix¹.

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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Black Maria1914

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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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	columbiad
释义	Columbiadn. /kəˈlʌmbɪad/ Etymology: < modern Latin Columbia (see Columbian adj.) + -ad suffix¹. 1. An epic of America. [Madame du Boccage (1710–1802) wrote an epic in French with the title La Colombiade.] ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > other pieces of ordnance bombardc1430 ribaudequin1443 stock-gun1465 seven sistersa1529 chamber1540 bastard1545 chamber piece1547 volger1548 dogc1550 battardc1565 long shot1595 quarter piece1625 pelican1639 monkey1650 spirol1653 stock-fowler1669 saltamartino1684 smeriglio1688 botcarda1700 carriage gun1723 Lancaster1857 Armstrong1860 wire gun1860 Columbiad1861 Parrott1861 wedge-gun1876 truck-gun1883 motor cannon1889 Black Maria1914 Jack Johnson1914 supergun1915 flak1938 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1798
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