cannon pedron.
/kanən ˈpɛdrəʊ/, U.S. /ˌkænən ˈpeɪdroʊ/ Now historical.
A cannon having a bore of 6 inches (approx. 15 cm) in diameter and typically capable of firing projectiles, chiefly stones, weighing 24.25 pounds (approx. 11 kg).The cannon pedro was one of the smaller cannons in inventories of 16th and 17th cent. cannonry: see cannon n.1 1b.
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serpentinec1450
culverin1515
headstick1516
slang1521
sling1547
basilisk1549
basilc1565
Roaring Meg1575
serpitanta1578
whole culverin1577
cannon1587
whole-cannon1589
cannon pedro1625
royal mortar1761
Long Tom1812
serpent1830
twelve-incher1909
Big Bertha1914
big boy1917
Lizzie1925
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. x. ix. 1789 Pieces of Ordnance, one Brasse Cannon Pedro, two Brasse Culuering.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) i. 113 A strong castle here, planted..with..cannon pedro, two culverins, two demiculverins, foure brasse sakers, and a thousand musquets.
1822 W. James Naval Hist. Great Brit. I. 18 The cannon-petro had, in the list of 1677, already changed its name to 24-pounder.
1889 Daily News 18 July 4/8 There was fighting to be done, but then the fighting was so picturesque. You had your cannon petro, your basilisk.
1998 G. I. Brown Big Bang v. 59 By the end of the sixteenth century a wide variety of naval guns had been fitted into many different types of ship... There were cannons, cannons-serpentine, bastard cannons, demi-cannons, cannons pedro, culverins, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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