(v. t.) To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil.
(v. t.) To cut or hack, as in fighting.
Example Sentences:
Carronade
Definition:
(n.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.