Partridge

Noun

1. Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.

   "On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree."

2. The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
3. A type of cannon charge composed of several missiles fired all together, similar to langrage or case-shot. Also a large cannon that shoots stones.