Carronade

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carronade \Car`ron*ade\, n. [From Carron, in Scotland where it
     was first made.] (Med.)
     A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a
     large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of
     breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object
     aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is


     supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on
     its under side.
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