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What is a carronade?

What is a carronade? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical) a very short carriage gun used to fire a heavy shot for a limited range
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He slews all out of gear, like a carronade with rotten lashings.
For artillery he had some 6-pounders and a 32-pounder carronade.
It's the wrong shape for a carronade, and a long muzzle-loader would probably still have had trunions.
As Chesapeake was heeling, many of their shots struck the water or waterline of Shannon causing little damage, but American carronade fire caused serious damage to Shannons rigging.
We had a carronade in the bow, which we instantly turned on them and discharged.
The officer in charge then fired a carronade to disperse them.

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