What is a cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun called?
fieldpiece — A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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