† ˈpot-piece Obs.
Also 6 pottin peice.
[f. pot n.1 + piece n. 11.]
= pot-gun 1.
| a 1575 Diurn. Occurr. (Bannatyne Cl.) 330 Thrie houlkis of Ingland, ladunit with ane cannone ryell, four singill cannounis, ix gross culveringis, four pottin peices. a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 301 Of the said xxxij thair was mony pot peices. 1637 Monro Exped. ii. 214 Those peeces of Cannon that are farthest hard, are called pot-peeces or Mortiers. a 1670 Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1850) I. 223 The prouisioun laid in the castell..as granadoes, potpeices, and vtheris. |