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Definition of Carronades
1. carronade [n] - See also: carronade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carronades
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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