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carthoun
† carthoun Obs. [= Ger. kartaune, kartane, ad. It. and med.L. quartana, which, as well as the former Ger. transl. viertelsbüchse ‘quarter-gun’, designated originally ‘a 25-pounder cannon in relation to the largest siege-pieces of 100 lbs.’ (Kluge). Also cartow, q.v.] A kind of cannon, also called a ...
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cartow
† carˈtow Sc. Obs. [app. ad. 16th c. Flem. kartouwe ‘genus bombardæ maioris, vulgo cartuna et quartana, Ger. cartaun, It. courtaun’ (Kilian); meaning ‘quarter-cannon’ (carthoun). The Flemish word and the form curtall ‘a great gun’ mentioned by Hall, suggest F. quartaut, in the 16th c. quartault, the...
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cannon
▪ I. cannon, n.1 (ˈkænən) Also 6 (chanon), 6–8 canon. [In 16th c. also canon, Sc. cannoun, a. F. canon (14th c. in Littré) = Pr. canon, Cat. canó, Sp. cañon, It. cannone, lit. ‘great tube, barrel’, augm. f. canna, canne cane, reed, pipe, tube. The spellings canon and cannon occur side by side down n...
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