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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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