English Explanatory Dictionary

nine-pounder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed nine pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.
  2. A cannonball of the type that gave such a cannon its name.

Word forms

nine-pounder nine-pounders
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