cannonade
verbEtymology Borrowed from Middle French canonnade, a modification of Italian cannonata replacing the suffix -ata with equivalent -ade; by surface analysis, cannon + -ade.
1
To discharge artillery fire upon.
cannonade
noun/ˌkænəˈneɪd/ · /ˈkænəˌneɪd/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French canonnade, a modification of Italian cannonata replacing the suffix -ata with equivalent -ade; by surface analysis, cannon + -ade.
1
The firing of artillery for a length of time.
- A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted town.1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:
2
Figuratively A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
- Not for a regiment's parade, / Nor evil laws or rulers made, / Blue Walden rolls its cannonade, […]1867, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “May-Day”, in May-Day and Other Pieces, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 11:
- Derived terms
- cannonader