three-pounder

noun — 2 senses

three-pounder

noun
1

A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed three pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.

2

A cannonball of the type that gave such a cannon its name.

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