_Carronade._--What is the derivation of the term _carronade_, applied to
pieces of ordnance shorter and thicker in the chamber than usual? Here the
idea is that they took their name from the Carron foundries, where they
were cast. In the early years of the old war-time, there were carron pieces
or carron guns, and only some considerable time thereafter carronades. How
does this stand? and is there any likelihood of the folk story being true?