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carronade Definition

car·ron·ade (kar′ə nād′)

noun

an obsolete type of short, light cannon with a large bore, used at close range

Etymology: after Carron, Scotland, where it was first made

carronade Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • mount: At 1 pm Hardy ordered one of the carronades mounted in the forecastle to be fired through the " Bucentaure's " stern windows.
  • carry: The stranded vessels were protected by nine French gunboats each carrying a 12-pounder carronade and six swivels and rowing between twenty and thirty oars.

Adjective modifier

  • 32-pounder: They proved to be stiff vessels and fast sailers " They mounted 28 32-pounder carronades, with a complement of 121 men.
  • 18-pounder: Six gun boats of 1 long 24-pounder, 1 18-pounder carronade each.

Noun used with modifier

  • pdr: Forty 32 pdr carronades, six long 12 pdrs.