Obs. A gabion.
1647. Clarendon, Hist. Reb. (1703), II. VIII. 419. The Governour … brought away their Cannon Baskets, and many Armes.
1656. Dugard, Gate Lat. Unl., § 905. With Ordnance, placed behinde Canon-baskets (filled with earth).
1687. J. Richards, Journ. Siege of Buda, 10. Cannon-Baskets and Faggots were brought to the Tower, in order to the raising a Battery.
