cannonading
English edit
Verb edit
cannonading
- present participle and gerund of cannonade
Noun edit
cannonading (plural cannonadings)
- A discharge of artillery fire.
- 1820, Views in Edinburgh and Its Vicinity:
- Deputies waited on the governor of the castle and obtained a respite from the cannonading for a few days ; but a centry of the Pretender's army in the mean time firing at some people who were carrying provisions to the garrison, a sharp attack commenced, which did considerable damage to the buildings, and killed many of the citizens; this induced the Chevalier to take off the blockade of the castle, and the firing was then discontinued.
- 1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
- […] the King's Entrance takes place under volleyings and cannonadings.
Adjective edit
cannonading (comparative more cannonading, superlative most cannonading)
- (ice hockey) A Gallivanism; Pertaining to a hard shot