What is the meaning of cannon?

noun

  • A large artillery gun that is usually on wheels.
  • Heavy gun fired from a tank.
  • Middle Ages. ( a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm)
  • Heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane.
  • Lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals.
  • A shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other.

verb

  • Make a cannon.
  • Fire a cannon. .
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