ordnance

A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds.

A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds.

The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance. n

A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore

A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars