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.[4]
Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
(military, aviation) An autocannon.
A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
A cannon bit.
(historical) A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A carom.
(baseball, figuratively, informal) The arm of a player that can throw well.
(engineering) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
(printing) Alternative form of canon (a large size of type)
(xiangqi) A piece which moves horizontally and vertically like a rook but captures another piece by jumping over a different piece in the line of attack.