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Quotation dates: 1827
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BOMBARD, n. Cannon. Given in N.E.D., but latest use appears to have been in 1664. Un. Eng. Dict. gives it as occurring in Eng. in the 15th cent. Arch.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 218:
As thir two bombards on the ground Were thunderin' wi' an awesome sound.
Comb.: bombard-shot, cannon-shot.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 110:
They . . . split the crowd wi' shank and showther, Like bombard-shot a-birrin'.
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