Bombard

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Padded breeches.

II. Bombard ·noun ·see Bombardo.

III. Bombard ·noun A Bombardment.

IV. Bombard ·noun A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer.

V. Bombard ·vt To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, ·etc., at or into.

VI. Bombard ·noun A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.

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