twenty-four-pounder

• The armament of this privateer consisted of one long twenty-four-pounder and twelve heavy carronades. —  Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale
• Even this was covered by a twenty-four-pounder howitzer, loaded with canister. —  Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61
• "But that's nothing more than an ordinary old twenty-four-pounder," said Wade. —  Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.'
• "Tell him," shouted Castleton, "that the liver is a mammoth that requires a twenty-four-pounder to penetrate its hide. —  A Strange Discovery
• During the night of the 20th General Taylor had established a battery, consisting of two twenty-four-pounder howitzers and a ten inch mortar, at a point from which they could play upon Black Fort. —  Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant — Complete

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