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Definition of Bombards

Bombard
Bombard Bom"bard, n. [F. bombarde, LL. bombarda, fr. L. bombus + -ard. Cf. Bumper, and see Bomb.] 1. (Gun.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon. They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses. --Knolles. 2. A bombardment. [Poetic & R.] --J. Barlow. 3. A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer. [Obs.] Yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor. --Shak. 4. pl. Padded breeches. [Obs.] Bombard phrase, inflated language; bombast. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Bombard
Bombard Bom"bard, n. [OE. bombarde, fr. F. bombarde.] (Mus.) See Bombardo. [Obs.]
Bombard
Bombard Bom*bard", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bombarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bombarding.] To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into. Next, she means to bombard Naples. --Burke. His fleet bombarded and burnt down Dieppe. --Wood.

Meaning of Bombards from wikipedia

- Bombard may refer to the act of carrying out a bombardment. It may also refer to: Alain Bombard (1924–2005), French biologist, physician and politician;...
- troops to break in. Most bombards were made of iron and used gunpowder to launch the projectiles. There are many examples of bombards, including Mons Meg,...
- Breton music, where it is considered emblematic. A bombard player is known as a talabarder. Bombards in their most traditional setting are accompanied...
- the Bombards was the basis for the Royal Navy anti-submarine weapon known as the Hedgehog. Large numbers of fixed concrete pedestals for Bombards were...
- Bombarder (Serbian Cyrillic: Бомбардер; trans. Bomber) is a Bosnian and former Yugoslav speed/thrash metal band. Bombarder was originally formed in 1986...
- Bombard The Headquarters – My Big-Character Poster (Chinese: 炮打司令部——我的一张大字报; pinyin: Pào dǎ sīlìng bù——wǒ de yī zhāng dàzì bào) was a short do****ent written...
- classifies bombards with a stone ball diameter of circa 25–45 cm in the medium category. Blackmore 1987, pp. 86f. Royal Armouries Collection: 13 in Bombard – The...
- mechanism, allowing easier transport of the unwieldy device. Such super-sized bombards had been emplo**** in Ottoman warfare and in Western European siege warfare...
- Alain Bombard (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ bɔ̃baʁ]; Paris, 27 October 1924 – Paris, 19 July 2005) was a French biologist, physician and politician famous...
- Wayne Arthur LeBombard (June 1, 1944 – June 24, 2022) was an American speed skater. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics with the best result...