falconet

He was always a good shot with a falconet or a mortar-piece.

The falconet or falcon was a light cannon developed in the late 15th century.

Madame Falconet returned to France in 1778 with her baby.

A battery of six falconet, on the other hand, gave him a marked advantage over his foes.

He had been writing another, Falconet, when he died; it was published, incomplete, after his death.

He swivelled the falconet, and blew on the slow-match in his hand.

There is a small engraving, from a design by Falconet, representing the interior of his father's studio.

Hal steered the boat in closer and fired the falconet into the thick of them.

She had accompanied Falconet as an apprentice on his trip to Russia in 1766.

Falconet wanted to work on shaping the stone in its original location, but Catherine ordered it be moved before being cut.

(The version displayed here is one of several copies by Falconet.)

On the evening of November 25 he was hit by a shot from a falconet in a battle near Governolo.

Conspicuously absent was Falconet, as a misunderstanding between him and the empress turned into a serious conflict.

Falconet had some of this cut away to make a wave-like shape, so the finished pedestal weighed slightly less.

Hal peered over the crude sights of the falconet at the little knot of men.

Below: Falconet target aircraft on its launch trolley.

She became Falconet's pupil and faithful friend.

This falconet is generally social and gregarious, often found in loose pairs or groups of ten or more.

When Falconet saw its quality it is said that he destroyed the one he had made himself of Diderot.

"Help me reload," Tom said and swung the falconet's stubby barrelupwards until it was pointed at the sky.

He was the son of Etienne Falconet.

In 1780 he took lessons from Étienne Maurice Falconet.

She then entered Etienne Falconet's workshop, who was a close friend of Diderot.

The falconet resembled an oversized matchlock musket with two wheels attached to improve mobility.

The burning wad from the falconet was blown into the long windrow ofdry driftwood at the top of the beach.