Carronade - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: carronadeCarronade
A kind of short cannon formerly in use designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in rather than piercing the object aimed at as the side of a ship It has no trunnions but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side...
Gun
A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end in which the projectile is placed with an explosive charge such as guncotton or gunpowder behind which is ignited by various means Pistols rifles carbines muskets and fowling pieces are smaller guns for hand use and are called small arms Larger guns are called cannon ordnance fieldpieces carronades howitzers etc See these terms in the Vocabulary...
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