lower cannon

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lower cannon - cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm

body armor, body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour - armor that protects the wearer's whole body

cannon - (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm

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"The news through from Buffy is that Tidal Bay has a tiny stress fracture of the lower cannon bone on his right hind leg.

Bay is out of National

The news is that Tidal Bay has a tiny stress fracture of the lower cannon bone on his right-hind leg.

TIDAL BAY RULED OUT OF NATIONAL; Nicholls' star misses Aintree with injury

New air and water lines have been installed on Upper Cannon and fan gun power pedestals have been added on Lower Cannon. A new twenty-foot automated portable tower fan gun, one of the first of its kind in North America, has been added as well.