cannon
A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar, which may include muzzle appendages.(JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).
Other meanings
Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
A bone of a horse’s leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
A kind of
- artillery
Word history
From Ancient Greek "κάννα" (reed).
Where this comes from
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