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cannonade

noun

  1. space between battlements to put a cannon
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verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌkænəˈneɪd/ / /ˈkænəˌneɪd/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French canonnade, a modification of Italian cannonata replacing the suffix -ata with equivalent -ade; by surface analysis, cannon + -ade.

  1. The firing of artillery for a length of time.

    “A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted town.”

  2. A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.

    “Not for a regiment's parade, / Nor evil laws or rulers made, / Blue Walden rolls its cannonade, […]”

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French canonnade, a modification of Italian cannonata replacing the suffix -ata with equivalent -ade; by surface analysis, cannon + -ade.

  1. To discharge artillery fire upon.