cannonade

Definition

The firing of artillery for a length of time.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French canonnade, a modification of Italian cannonata replacing the suffix -ata with equivalent -ade; by surface analysis, cannon + -ade.

Example Sentences

• "A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted town."
• "Not for a regiment's parade, / Nor evil laws or rulers made, / Blue Walden rolls its cannonade, […]"