fieldpiece

/ ˈfiːldˌpiːs /

noun

1. a former name for field gun

Example Sentences

It was a real gun, looked like a six-inch fieldpiece, but fired projectiles of mud by steam instead of powder.

From Project Gutenberg

One man of our company, I was told, in charging a fieldpiece, was struck down by the wind of the ball, and which, although it did not touch him, brought blood from his mouth, nose, and ears; he never after thoroughly recovered the effects of it.

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A few rounds of musketry and one or two discharges from the small fieldpiece, and the arena of conflict was shrouded in impenetrable darkness, save from the momentary glare which preceded the explosions.

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So sudden and so impetuous was this movement, and so skilfully executed, that the brave but ill disciplined combatants, against whom it was directed, gave way before the solid phalanx of the enemy, leaving the long disputed fieldpiece surrounded by the Insurgents.

From Project Gutenberg

Fieldpiece Une pi�ce de campagne.

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