Definition of cannon Cannon
/kƦĖnŹn/ - [kanun] - Canā¢non
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WordNet
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| cannon - a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels | ||
| heavy weapon, ordnance, artillery, gun large but transportable armament | ||
| basilisk small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America | ||
| culverin a medieval musket | ||
| harpoon gun a cannon or similar gun that fires harpoons | ||
| high-angle gun a cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges | ||
| cannon - (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm | ||
| armor plate, armor plating, armour plate, plate armor, plate armour specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire | ||
| body armor, body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour armor that protects the wearer's whole body | ||
| dark ages, middle ages the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance | ||
| rerebrace, upper cannon cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm | ||
| cannon - lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals | ||
| shank | ||
| body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity | ||
| animal leg the leg of an animal | ||
| hoofed mammal, ungulate any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically | ||
| cannon - heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane | ||
| gun the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; "two runners started before the gun"; "a twenty gun salute" | ||
| bomber a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight | ||
| cannon - heavy gun fired from a tank | ||
| gun the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; "two runners started before the gun"; "a twenty gun salute" | ||
| armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle, army tank, tank a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids | ||
| cannon - a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other | ||
| carom | ||
| stroke, shot a light touch with the hands | ||
| billiards any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls | ||
| pocket billiards, pool any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets | ||
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| cannon - fire a cannon | ||
| muster out, discharge release from military service | ||
| cannon - make a cannon | ||
| hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" | ||
| billiards any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cannon (Noun)
A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap , which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages. JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. - cannon (Noun)
A large- bore machine gun . - cannon (Noun)
A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock. - cannon (Noun)
A large muzzle-loading artillery piece. - cannon (Noun)
A carom. - cannon (Noun)
The arm of a player that can throw well. - cannon (Verb)
To bombard with cannons. - cannon (Verb)
To play the carom billiard shot. To strike two balls with the cue ball . - cannon (Verb)
To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
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of Cannon - cannon (n.)
A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force. - cannon (n.)
A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently. - cannon (n.)
A kind of type. See Canon. - cannon (n. & v.)
See Carom.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ī©
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cannon
A large artillery gun.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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cannon
kanā²un, n. a great gun used in war: a stroke in billiards in which the player hits both the red and his opponent's ball.āv.i. to cannonade: to make a cannon at billiards: to collide.ān. Cannonadeā², an attack with cannon.āv.t. to attack or batter with cannon.āns. Cannonadā²ing; Cannā²on-ball, a ball usually made of cast-iron, to be shot from a cannon; Cannā²on-bit, or Cannā²on, a smooth round bit; Cannā²on-bone, the long bone between the knee and the foot of a horse; Cannoneerā², Cannonierā², one who manages cannon; Cannā²on-game, a form of billiards in which, the table having no pockets, the game consists in making a series of cannons; Cannā²on-metā²al, an alloy of about 90 parts of copper and 10 of tin, from which cannon are manufactured.āadj. Cannā²on-proof, proof against cannon-shot.āns. Cannā²onry, cannonading: artillery; Cannā²on-shot, a cannon-ball: the distance to which a cannon will throw a ball. [Fr. canon, from L. canna, a reed.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine āļø
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cannon
a well known piece of artillery, mounted in battery on the decks of a ship, and used in all naval engagements.This engine has already been so accurately described by a variety of authors, that it may seem unnecessary to give a particular description of it here. As it forms, however, so important an article in all the military operations of the marine, it cannot, consistently with our plan, be omitted in this place. -
cannon
then may be defined a long, conical fire-arm of brass or iron, concave within, and smaller at the muzzle, or face, than at the opposite end.The principal parts of a sea-cannon, as represented in plate VII. fig. 3, are, 1st. The breech, A C, and its button, or cascabel, A h, called by seamen the pomiglion. The breech is generally understood to be the solid metal from the bottom of the concave cylinder to the cascabel, which is the extremity of the cannon opposite to its muzzle.2d. The trunnions, T, which project on each side like arms, and serve to support the cannon near the middle of its length: on these it may be poised, and held almost in equilibrio. As the metal is thicker at the breech than towards the mouth, the trunnions are placed nearer to that end than the other.3d. The bore, or caliber, which is comprehended between the dotted lines, and particularly expressed in the longitudinal section of a thirty-two-pounder, fig. 15. This represents the interior or concave cylinder, wherein the powder and shot are lodged with which the cannon is charged: the entrance of the bore is called the mouth.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book āµ
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cannon
The well-known piece of artillery, mounted in battery on board or on shore, and made either of brass or iron. The principal parts are:--1st. The breech, together with the cascable and its button, called by seamen the pommelion. The breech is of solid metal, from the bottom of the concave cylinder or chamber to the cascable. 2d. The trunnions, which project on each side, and serve to support the cannon, hold it almost in equilibrio. 3d. The bore or caliber, is the interior of the cylinder, wherein the powder and shot are lodged when the cannon is loaded. The entrance of the bore is called the mouth or muzzle. It may be generally described as gradually tapering, with the various modifications of first and second reinforce and swell, to the muzzle or forward end. (See GUN.) -
cannon
Introduced by Captain Blakely, Sir W. Armstrong, and others.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer š„
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cannon
A military engine of which the general form is that of a hollow cylinder closed at one end, and variously mounted, used for throwing balls and other instruments of death by force of gunpowder. Cannons are made of iron, brass, bronze, and sometimes of steel rods welded together, and are of different sizes. They are classified, from their nature, guns, howitzers, and mortars; also from their use, as field, mountain, prairie, sea-coast, and siege; also as rifled and smooth-bore. See ORDNANCE.The following are the most famous cannon of all ages, arranged according to the diameter of the bore:1. The Tsar Pooschka, the great bronze gun of Moscow, cast in 1586; bore 36 inches, weight 86,240 pounds; threw a stone ball weighing 2000 pounds.2. Malletās Mortar, English, 1857-58; built up of cast and wrought iron; bore 36 inches; cast-iron shell weighing 2986 pounds.3. The Malik-I-Mydan, āMaster of the Field,ā the great bronze gun of Bejapoor, India; cast 1538; bore 28.5 inches; basalt ball, 1000 pounds.4. The Bronze Gun of Mahomet II., A.D. 1464; bore 25 inches; granite ball, 672 pounds.5. The Dulle-Griete of Ghent, wrought iron, A.D. 1430; bore 25 inches; stone ball, 700 pounds.6. The Dhool-Dhanee, bronze gun of Agra, India; bore 23.2 inches; stone balls, 520 pounds.7. Mons Meg of Edinburgh; wrought iron, A.D. 1455; bore 20 inches; stone ball, 400 pounds.8. Rodman Gun, American, 1863; cast iron; bore 20 inches, weight 117,000 pounds; cast-iron solid shot weighing 1080 pounds.The most powerful cannon the world has ever seen have been made within the present decade (1870-80). They are rifles.The 100-ton Armstrong guns sold to Italy to arm the āDuilioā and āDandoloā; bore 17 inches, weight of oblong shot of chilled iron 2000 pounds, charge of Fossano powder 552 pounds. Muzzle-loading.The 80-ton Woolwich guns made to arm the āInflexibleā; bore 16 inches, weight of shot 1700 pounds, charge of cubical powder 440 pounds. Muzzle-loading.The 72-ton Krupp guns; bore 15.75 inches, weight of steel shot 1700 pounds, charge of prismatic powder 452 pounds. Guns all steel. Breech-loading. -
cannon
See ORDNANCE, METALS FOR.
Wikipedia 
- A cannon is a type of artillery, or large gun. They are made with a large tube, and shoot projectiles. Cannons were first made in China, and were used with another Chinese invention, gunpowder. The gunpowder was put at the back of the tube, and the projectile, usually a cannonball, was placed in front. The gunpowder was set on fire, and would explode. This pushed the cannonball out the front of the tube towards the enemy.
