demi-cannon

From demi- +‎ cannon.

demi-cannon (plural demi-cannons)

1. A medium-sized cannon, slightly larger than a culverin and smaller than a standard cannon.
   • c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     What's this? A sleeve? 'Tis like a demi-cannon.

• “demicannon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• cinnamoned