A heavy gun used in attacking a place under siege.
攻城加农炮
Example sentencesExamples
Joe and Liam witnessed the firing of the medieval siege gun, at one o'clock.
They were no match for Cromwell's 12,000-strong army and heavy siege guns.
On May 27, 1863 Confederate forces had twenty siege guns and thirty pieces of artillery, a major threat to the Union warships.
The large siege guns could not be easily moved around, although they did have hastily built earthworks to shelter behind.
The Confederate center mounted 16 cannons, including two 24-pounder smoothbore siege guns, one 24-pounder rifled siege gun and a rifled 12-pounder bronze gun.
Definition of siege gun in US English:
siege gun
noun
A heavy gun used in attacking a place under siege.
攻城加农炮
Example sentencesExamples
The Confederate center mounted 16 cannons, including two 24-pounder smoothbore siege guns, one 24-pounder rifled siege gun and a rifled 12-pounder bronze gun.
Joe and Liam witnessed the firing of the medieval siege gun, at one o'clock.
The large siege guns could not be easily moved around, although they did have hastily built earthworks to shelter behind.
On May 27, 1863 Confederate forces had twenty siege guns and thirty pieces of artillery, a major threat to the Union warships.
They were no match for Cromwell's 12,000-strong army and heavy siege guns.