| 单词 | alarm cannon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalarm cannon alarm cannon n. now chiefly historical a gun fired to signal an alarm or give notice of danger; cf. alarm gun n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > signal or ceremonial gun chamber1540 chamber piece1547 warning-piece1591 alarm gun1706 morning gun1724 larum gun1757 alarm cannon1777 sunset gun1797 warning-gun1830 joy-gun1851 sunrise gun1872 1777 Trial (at Large) J. Horne 67 He heard..a continual firing of alarm cannon, which is a signal,..used in America to raise the country. 1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. xxiii. 390 A man-of-war in New York Bay fired alarm-cannon. 1962 Boys' Life Jan. 10 The flat plam! of the alarm cannon at Fort Pitt. 2009 J. H. Ellis Ruinous Unhappy War x. 172 The inhabitants mistook the banging away of Reed's alarm cannon to be the opening round of an all-out enemy assault. < as lemmas |
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