English Explanatory Dictionary

Rodman gun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a series of heavy columbiads with a curved bottle shape, designed to fire both shot and shell, and used in the era of the American Civil War.

Word forms

Rodman gun Rodman guns

Etymology

Designed by Union artilleryman Thomas Jackson Rodman (1815–1871).

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