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Columbiad|kəˈlʌmbɪæd|
[f. mod.L. Columbia (see next) + -ad.]
1. An epic of America. [Madame du Boccage (1710–1802) wrote an epic in French with the title La Colombiade.]
1798J. L. Moore (title), The Columbiad; an Epic Poem, on the Discovery of America and the West Indies by Columbus. 1808J. Barlow (title), The Columbiad; an Epic Poem in 12 books.
2. A kind of heavy cast-iron cannon or howitzer formerly used in the U.S. army.
1861W. H. Russell in Times 14 May, The columbiad guns with which this battery is equipped..The columbiad is a kind of Dahlgren that is, a piece of ordnance very thick in the breech, and lightened off gradually from the trunnions to the muzzle. 1880Libr. Univ. Knowl. IV. 161 The howitzer shell-guns were remodeled in 1844, when the larger gun was first named columbiad. |