nine-pounder (English, noun)
expansion: nine-pounder (plural nine-pounders)
Senses:
glosses: A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed nine pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.
glosses: A cannonball of the type that gave such a cannon its name.
Forms:
form: nine-pounders
tags: plural