carronade

First made at Carron in Scotland.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɹ.ənˌeɪd/, /ˌkɛɹ.ənˈeɪd/

  Rhymes: -eɪd

carronade (plural carronades)

1. (nautical, historical) A very short carriage gun used to fire a heavy shot for a limited range.
   • 1836, Frederick Marryat, Mr. Midshipman Easy:

     [They] viewed the vessel, which proved to be a very fine fast-sailing craft, well found, with six brass carronades on each side.

2. An exchange of artillery fire; a cannonade; a fusillade.
   • 2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 14:13 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918‎, archived from the original on 4 August 2022:

     The fight is not all one-sided. Lion is taking a savage beating as the two flagships trade body blows almost independent of the furious carronade going on behind them.

• caronade (archaic)

Borrowed from English carronade.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑ.roːˈnaː.də/
• Hyphenation: car‧ro‧na‧de
• Rhymes: -aːdə

carronade f (plural carronades)

1. (historical) carronade