Cannon — Defs

01 n. A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.

pl. Cannons, Cannon ((#))

1.
A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.
2.
A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.(Mech.)
3.
A kind of type. See Canon.(Printing.) See: Canon

Phrases & compounds

Cannon ball — strictly, a round solid missile of stone or iron made to be fired from a cannon, but now often applied to a missile of any shape, whether solid or hollow, made for cannon. Elongated and cylindrical missiles are sometimes called bolts; hollow ones charged with explosives are properly called shells.

Cannon bullet — a cannon ball

Cannon cracker — a fire cracker of large size.

Cannon lock — a device for firing a cannon by a percussion primer.

Cannon metal — See Gun Metal.

Cannon pinion — the pinion on the minute hand arbor of a watch or clock, which drives the hand but permits it to be moved in setting.

Cannon proof — impenetrable by cannon balls.

Cannon shot — A cannon ball.

02 v. i. To discharge cannon.

1.
To discharge cannon.
2.
To collide or strike violently, esp. so as to glance off or rebound; to strike and rebound.
“He heard the right-hand goal post crack as a pony cannoned into it -- crack, splinter, and fall like a mast.” — Kipling.

03 n. & v. See Carom.

1.
See Carom.(Billiards) [Eng.] See: Carom