† demi-cannonn.

Forms: Also demi-canon.

Etymology: < French demi-canon (16th cent. in Littré): see demi- prefix 4.

Obsolete.

a. A kind of large gun formerly used, of about 6½ inches bore: see cannon n.¹ 1.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > small or short pieces

murderer1495

curtala1509

minion1513

passe-volant1513

pikmoyane1513

saker1521

base1539

robinet1547

quarter cannon?a1549

bersec1550

murdresarc1550

yetling1558

battardc1565

demi-cannon1577

calabass1578

double curtal1582

demi-culverin1587

rabinet1596

murdering piece1601

drake1627

putter1646

cartow1650

putterlingc1650

minion drakea1661

cut1672

under-saker1678

murther1688

carronade1779

carthoun1849

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lii Cannons, double and demie.]

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1806/2 They were answered againe with foure or fyue Canons, and demy Canons.1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xvi. i. 281 The names of our greatest ordinance..Demie Canon six thousand pounds, and six inches and an halfe within the mouth. Cannon, seauen thousand pounds, and eight inches within the mouth.1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6040 In the Year 1672. July 9, there was cast a Demy-canon; weighing 34 hundreds of weight.1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem iii. 25 Her Eyes..Are Demi-Cannons to be sure, so I won't stand their Battery.1735–6 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde I. 341 There were three demi-canon, two sakers, and one minion.

b. attributive, as in demi-cannon cut, demi-cannon drake. (See cut n.² 31a, drake n.¹ 3.)

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1642 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I The Walls..are singularly well fortified with Brass and Iron Guns, both Culverins and Demi-Cannon-Cuts.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 165 She carries 16 pieces of ordinance..four whole culverin drakes, and four iron demi-cannon drakes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	demi-cannon
释义	† demi-cannonn. Forms: Also demi-canon. Etymology: < French demi-canon (16th cent. in Littré): see demi- prefix 4. Obsolete. a. A kind of large gun formerly used, of about 6½ inches bore: see cannon n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > small or short pieces murderer1495 curtala1509 minion1513 passe-volant1513 pikmoyane1513 saker1521 base1539 robinet1547 quarter cannon?a1549 bersec1550 murdresarc1550 yetling1558 battardc1565 demi-cannon1577 calabass1578 double curtal1582 demi-culverin1587 rabinet1596 murdering piece1601 drake1627 putter1646 cartow1650 putterlingc1650 minion drakea1661 cut1672 under-saker1678 murther1688 carronade1779 carthoun1849 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lii Cannons, double and demie.] 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1806/2 They were answered againe with foure or fyue Canons, and demy Canons.1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xvi. i. 281 The names of our greatest ordinance..Demie Canon six thousand pounds, and six inches and an halfe within the mouth. Cannon, seauen thousand pounds, and eight inches within the mouth.1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6040 In the Year 1672. July 9, there was cast a Demy-canon; weighing 34 hundreds of weight.1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem iii. 25 Her Eyes..Are Demi-Cannons to be sure, so I won't stand their Battery.1735–6 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde I. 341 There were three demi-canon, two sakers, and one minion. b. attributive, as in demi-cannon cut, demi-cannon drake. (See cut n.² 31a, drake n.¹ 3.) ΚΠ 1642 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I The Walls..are singularly well fortified with Brass and Iron Guns, both Culverins and Demi-Cannon-Cuts. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 165 She carries 16 pieces of ordinance..four whole culverin drakes, and four iron demi-cannon drakes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1577
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