Cannonading [noun]
Definition of Cannonading:
shot
Synonyms of Cannonading:
Opposite/Antonyms of Cannonading:
-
Sentence/Example of Cannonading:
In seven hours' cannonading the ship fired eight hundred shot.
“Madame Mandi” lost none of her serenity, but she did not like the cannonading, and covered both ears to shut out the sound.
Before the firing began Colonel Brockenbrough told me that when the cannonading should cease we should make the charge.
The battle began with some cannonading and "shott of arrows," in both of which the Yorkists had rather the advantage.
English ships had been cannonading Montcalm's lines until after nightfall, and seeming to threaten a landing.
As daylight broke on November 30 heavy cannonading as on the previous day began.
By this time it was one o'clock, and the distant sound of cannonading told that Graham was already engaged.
Meanwhile, by day and night, with hardly an interruption, the sound of heavy cannonading was heard with suggestive distinctness.
The cannonading was only the result of a reconnoissance, and in a few hours ceased altogether.
One night heavy cannonading was heard for an hour or two, ceasing and then commencing again early in the morning.