Cannons
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Cannons
noun
- A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.
- Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
- A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
- A cannon bit.
- A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
verb
noun
- A generally accepted principle; a rule.
"The trial must proceed according to the canons of law."
- A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
- The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
"the entire Shakespeare canon"
- A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
- A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
"We must proceed according to canon law."
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french canon