Acronym meanings of CANNON. Acronym & meanings of CANNON

A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece, whether gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of the carriage. See Illust. of Cannon.

Cannonade

imp. & p. p.

of Cannonade

Cannonading

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Cannonade

Cannoneer

Alt. of Cannonier

Cannonade

The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance.

Cannonade

v. t.

To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.

Cannonering

The use of cannon.

Turret

A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land.

Unbreech

v. t.

To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings.

Unsighted

Not aimed by means of a sight; also, not furnished with a sight, or with a properly adjusted sight; as, to shoot and unsighted rife or cannon.

Cannonier

A man who manages, or fires, cannon.

Velocity

Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon ball; the velocity of light.

Cannons

pl.

of Cannon

Cannoned

Furnished with cannon.

Twist

The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.

Cannonade

v. i.

To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.

Cannon

pl.

of Cannon

Cannonade

Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.

Unspike

v. t.

To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon.

Cannonry

Cannon, collectively; artillery.

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