English-Thai Dictionary

cannonade

N การ ยิง ต่อเนื่อง ของ ปืนใหญ่  drumfire kan-ying-tor-nueang-kong-puen-yai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CANNONADE

n.The act of discharging cannon and throwing balls, for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship or fort. The term usually implies an attack of some continuance.

 

CANNONADE

v.t.To attack with heavy artillery; to throw balls, or other deadly weapons, as chain-shot or langrage, against an enemys army, town, fortress or ship; to batter with cannon shot.

 

CANNONADE

v.i.To discharge cannon; to play with large guns.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CANNONADE

Can "non *ade ", n. Etym: [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. A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm. Prescott.

 

2. Fig. ; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming. Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. Ewerson.

 

CANNONADE

Can `non *ade ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cannonade; p. pr. & vb. n.Cannonading.]

 

Defn: To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.

 

CANNONADE

CANNONADE Can `non *ade ", v. i.

 

Defn: To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cannonade

can non ade |ˌkanəˈnād ˌkænəˈneɪd | ▶noun a period of continuous, heavy gunfire. ▶verb [ no obj. ] discharge heavy guns continuously: (as noun cannonading ) : the daily cannonading continued. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French, from Italian cannonata, from cannone (see cannon ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

cannonade

cannonade |ˌkanəˈneɪd | ▶noun a period of continuous heavy gunfire. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (often as noun cannonading ) discharge heavy guns continuously. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French, from Italian cannonata, from cannone (see cannon ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cannonade

cannonade noun the distant cannonade kept us alert all night: bombardment, shelling, gunfire, artillery fire, barrage, pounding.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cannonade

cannonade noun the French troops resumed their cannonade: bombardment, shelling, gunfire, artillery fire, barrage, battery, attack, pounding; volley, salvo, broadside, fusillade.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cannonade

can non ade /kæ̀nənéɪd /名詞 C 連続 (集中 )砲火 .動詞 他動詞 …を連続 (集中 )砲火する .