单词 | half cannon |
释义 | > as lemmashalf cannon half cannon n. now historical a cannon of half the size of a full-sized cannon; = demi-cannon n. a. ΘΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > small or short pieces murderer1495 curtala1509 minion1513 passe-volant1513 pikmoyane1513 saker1521 base1539 robinet1547 quarter cannon?a1549 bersec1550 murdresarc1550 yetling1558 battardc1565 demi-cannon1577 calabass1578 double curtal1582 demi-culverin1587 rabinet1596 murdering piece1601 drake1627 putter1646 cartow1650 putterlingc1650 minion drakea1661 cut1672 under-saker1678 murther1688 carronade1779 carthoun1849 1562 J. Shute tr. A. Cambini in Two Comm. Turcks i. f. 57 He caused to breake all the greate Bombardes, and to make them in to halfe cannonnes, falcouetes and passe volantes, and caused to make a great number of cariages for them. 1676 London Gaz. No. 1116/3 A Battery of 12 Half-Cannon. 2003 W. P. Guthrie Later Thirty Years War i. 14 More important were the subdivisions, the ‘half’ cannon (demicannon) of 24 pounds, the quarter cannon of 12 pounds, and the demiculverin, also a 12 pounder. < as lemmas |
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