cannonading

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cannonade

plural cannonadings

1. A discharge of artillery fire.

   […] the King's Entrance takes place under volleyings and cannonadings.

   1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC

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   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.

   1820, Views in Edinburgh and Its Vicinity

comparative more cannonading · superlative most cannonading

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