ten-pounder

See also: tenpounder

English

Noun

ten-pounder (plural ten-pounders)

  2. Alternative form of tenpounder (“ladyfish”).
  4. A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed ten pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.
    Hypernyms: cannon, gun, artillery
    Coordinate terms: three-pounder, nine-pounder, twelve-pounder
  6. A cannonball of the type that gave such a cannon its name.
    Hypernyms: shot, ball, ammunition
    Coordinate terms: three-pounder, nine-pounder, twelve-pounder

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