Meaning of chicken cannon | Babel Free
Definitions
A device used during aircraft testing to discharge bird carcasses into airframes and engines to determine resistance to such impacts.
Examples
“The Air Force⟳ has a device known as "the chicken cannon." Recently killed chickens are fired, feathers and all, from a converted cannon.”
“The most unusual thing sold is the "chicken cannon," a 10-foot-long pneumatic gun used at a test⟳ site to fire dead chickens at aircraft wings.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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