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ˈcannon-proof, n. and a.
[see proof.]
A. n. Impenetrability to cannon-shot; safety from cannon; cannon-proof armament.
1601Cornwallyes Ess. ii. xxix (1631) 42 Put him in a Castle by Cannon proofe well guarded. 1611Beaum. & Fl. King & No K. iii. ii, If I might stand still in cannon-proof, and have fame fall upon me, I would refuse it.
B. adj. Impenetrable to cannon-shot; proof against cannon.
1632G. Hughes Saints Losse 37 It's canon-proofe, and a wall impregnable? 1667Earl of Orrery State Lett. (1743) II. 222, I endeavour to make my batteries at Kingsale cannon proof. 1695Lond. Gaz. No. 3100/4 The Lodgment on the Right was made Cannon proof. |