demi-cannon

noun

A medium-sized cannon, slightly larger than a culverin and smaller than a standard cannon.

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Meanings

noundemi-cannon (plural demi-cannons)

plural demi-cannons

  1. A medium-sized cannon, slightly larger than a culverin and smaller than a standard cannon.

    What's this? A sleeve? 'Tis like a demi-cannon.

    c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]

Origin

From demi- + cannon.

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APA

demi-cannon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demi-cannon

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Chicago

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