A bone resulting from the fusion of metacarpals or metatarsals in some artiodactyls. / The metacarpal of a horse. / The metatarsal of a horse.

A device used during aircraft testing to discharge bird carcasses into airframes and engines to determine resistance to such impacts.

(military, slang) Any electric Gatling gun.

Military forces considered to be expendable. / (by extension) Any group of contestants that have no hope of success. / (rare) Artillery ammunition.

(idiomatic) To behave in a way such as to cause damage to one's own faction, political party, etc.

(nautical) A cannon that breaks loose from its moorings on a ship during battle or storm, which has the potential to cause serious damage to the ship and her crew.

A machine that spurts out snow over pistes where there is little or no snow cover.

A device that shoots a large amount of water at high pressure through a hose-like tube.

A kind of large firecracker.

A device for firing a cannon by a percussion primer.