Obs. Also 7 canonrie. [cf. F. cannonière = Sp. cañonera.] See quot.; also a loop-hole to shoot out at.
[1598. Barret, Theor. Warres, Gloss. 249. Cannonera, a Spanish word, and is the place or roome where the Cannon is placed in a bulwarke.] Ibid., V. ii. 130. Make the Cannoneries that they may shoot from aboue.
1611. Florio, Casamatta, a casamat, a canonrie.
