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bombard (dict)
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BombardThe term bombard refers to a medieval form of cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls. The modern term bombardment derives from this. The name derives through Medieval Latin and French forms from a Greek word expressing the making of a humming noise.
The name bombard, in various forms, was also given to a medieval musical instrument (bumhart, pumhart, pommer ), the forerunner of the bass oboe or schalmey. At the present day Breton peasants use a small primitive oboe called the bombarde, with eight holes but no keys. Original text from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica
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