ein Flachfeuergeschütz mit großer Reichweite.
Kanonenboot
kleines Kriegsschiff mit leichten Geschützen zum Einsatz nahe den Küsten u. auf Flüssen.
(italien.)Geschütz.
ETYM French cannon, from Latin canna reed, pipe, tube. Related to Cane.
(Homonym: canon).
1. A large piece of artillery, usually mounted on wheels.
2. Heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane.
3. (Medieval) A cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm.
4. Lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals; SYN. shank.
ETYM Old Eng. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Irish, Gael., and Late Lat. gunna, w. gum; possibly (like cannon) from Latin canna reed, tube; or abbreviated from Old Fren. mangonnel, Eng. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.
1. A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel).
2. The discharge of a gun as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies.
Any kind of firearm or any instrument consisting of a metal tube from which a projectile is discharged; see also artillery, machine gun, pistol, and small arms.