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cannonproof en · ADJ

Etymology

From cannon + -proof.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Impenetrable by cannonballs.
    • It had not helped the duke to build himself a cannonproof stone chamber to sleep in for dread of vengeance after the assassination of Orleans. 1948, Frances Winwar, The Saint and the Devil, page 33:
    • A cannonproof breastwork, built during the previous war, extended along the beach from the hills to the rocks. 1983, Richard J. Hargrove, General John Burgoyne, page 26: