前ぜん装そう砲ほう

noun

muzzle-loading cannon; muzzle loader

Historical artillery term for a cannon loaded from the front of the barrel. Used in military history and museum contexts.

• この博はく物ぶつ館かんには江え戸ど時じ代だいの前ぜん装そう砲ほうが展てん示じされている。

  This museum has an Edo-period muzzle-loading cannon on display.