| slovo | definícia |
cannonade
(encz) | cannonade,dělostřelba n: Zdeněk Brož |
cannonade
(encz) | cannonade,kanonáda n: Zdeněk Brož |
Cannonade
(gcide) | Cannonade \Can`non*ade"\, n. [F. Canonnade; cf. It. cannanata.]
1. The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell,
etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering
a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some
continuance.
[1913 Webster]
A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole
circle of batteries on the devoted towm. --Prescott.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
[1913 Webster]
Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. --Ewerson.
[1913 Webster] |
Cannonade
(gcide) | Cannonade \Can`non*ade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cannonade; p.
pr. & vb. n. Cannonading.]
To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
[1913 Webster] |
Cannonade
(gcide) | Cannonade \Can`non*ade"\, v. i.
To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.
[1913 Webster] |
cannonade
(wn) | cannonade
n 1: intense and continuous artillery fire [syn: cannonade,
drumfire]
v 1: attack with cannons or artillery |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Cannonade
(gcide) | Cannonade \Can`non*ade"\, n. [F. Canonnade; cf. It. cannanata.]
1. The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell,
etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering
a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some
continuance.
[1913 Webster]
A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole
circle of batteries on the devoted towm. --Prescott.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
[1913 Webster]
Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. --Ewerson.
[1913 Webster]Cannonade \Can`non*ade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cannonade; p.
pr. & vb. n. Cannonading.]
To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
[1913 Webster]Cannonade \Can`non*ade"\, v. i.
To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.
[1913 Webster] |
|