Definition of Carronades

1. Noun. (plural of carronade) ¹

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Definition of Carronades

1. carronade [n] - See also: carronade

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carronades

carrions
carritch
carritches
carriwitchet
carriwitchets
carrizo
carroch
carroches
carrollite
carrom
carromed
carroming
carroms
carron oil
carronade
carronades (current term)
carrot
carrot-and-stick
carrot and stick
carrot bag
carrot cake
carrot cakes
carrot cruncher
carrot family
carrot juice
carrot pudding
carrot stick
carrot top
carrot tops
carrotier

Literary usage of Carronades

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text-book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1858)
"In the naval service, carronades have been introduced. These are a short kind of gun, with small bore, requiring for a charge of powder, only one twelfth ..."

2. Curiosities of Savage Life by James Greenwood (1864)
"... "—The scoundrelly Norfolk Island men—A little story told by Mr. Coulter—The useful carronades—The " one unnecessary shot "—How it might have been. ..."

3. Reports of the Late John Smeaton, F.R.S., Made on Various Occasions, in the by John Smeaton (1837)
"EXPLANATION Of the Apparatus for Holding and Pushing forward the Boring Bars for the carronades without a Carriage. oEF is a square of iron of the same size ..."

4. The Naval War of 1812: Or, The History of the United States Navy During the by Theodore Roosevelt (1902)
"Remembering the difference between long guns and carronades, and considering sixteen of the 74's long i8s as being replaced by 42-pound carronades 1 (so as ..."

5. The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: Or, The History of the United States Navy by Theodore Roosevelt (1902)
"... ships properly rated—Armaments of the frigates and corvettes—Three styles of guns used —Difference between long guns and carronades ..."

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