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Meaning of twelve-pounder | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A cannon of a certain bore size (caliber) that was named for an iron cannonball that weighed twelve pounds in a certain outdated system of weights and measures.
A cannonball of the type that gave such a cannon its name.

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

twelve-speed twelve-step program twelve-stepper twelve-tone technique Twelvefold twelvefoldness