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Definition of Fieldpiece
1. n. A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun.
Definition of Fieldpiece
1. Noun. A mobile artillery piece, i.e. gun or howitzer, for use in the field. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fieldpiece
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fieldpiece
Literary usage of Fieldpiece
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Border Wars of the American Revolution by William Leete Stone (1900)
"They kept their fieldpiece sharply playing upon the enemy's advancing column,
and were only compelled to give way by the point of the bayonet, spiking their ..."
2. An Enquiry Into the Conduct of General Putnam, in Relation to the Battle of by David Lee Child (1819)
"Putnam there by a fieldpiece, and saw no more of him: went to the redoubt and
returned to the rail fence by that same fieldpiece—The firing immediately ..."
3. History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft (1868)
"Lamb and his company of artillery followed with a fieldpiece on a sled; the
fieldpiece was soon abandoned, but he and his men took part in the assault. ..."
4. The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks (1854)
"The fire of the fieldpiece being slackened by the loss of the rammer, and the
discharge of the enemy's musketry continually increasing, the troops were ..."
5. The History of Europe from 1862 to 1914: From the Accession of Bismarck to by Lucius Hudson Holt, Alexander Wheeler Chilton (1917)
"About one- third was armed with a new quick-firing fieldpiece much superior to
the old type, but the excellence of the new gun ..."
6. The History of Europe from 1862 to 1914: From the Accession of Bismarck to by Lucius Hudson Holt, Alexander Wheeler Chilton (1917)
"About one- third was armed with a new quick-firing fieldpiece much superior to
the old type, but the excellence of the new gun ..."
7. "The Fighting Veres.": Lives of Sir Francis Vere, General of the Queen's by Clements Robert Markham (1888)
"The largest fieldpiece was a quarter-cannon weighing 3200 Ibs., ... The small
fieldpiece was called a drake or safar, and weighed 580 Ibs. with a 6 pr. shot ..."
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