Roaring Meg (English, noun)
expansion: Roaring Meg (plural Roaring Megs)
Senses:
glosses: A large cannon; specifically, the large 15th cannon at Edinburgh Castle (more usually called ‘Mons Meg’), or the cannon used to defend Londonderry during the siege of 1688-9.
tags: historical
glosses: Any large or impressive thing.
tags: archaic
figuratively
glosses: A kind of spinning top.
tags: obsolete
Forms:
form: Roaring Megs
tags: plural