n. The name generally given in Europe to the cannon during the first century of its use.n. See bombardelle.n. A small vessel with two masts, like the English ketch, used in the Mediterranean; a bomb-ketch.n. A large leathern jug or bottle for holding liquor. See black-jack, 1.n. Figuratively, a toper.n. A medieval musical instrument of the oboe family, having a reed mouthpiece and a wooden tube.n. plural A style of breeches worn in the seventeenth century, before the introduction of tight-fitting knee-breeches.n. [From the verb.] An attack with bombs; a bombardment.To fire off bombards or cannon.To cannonade; attack with bombs; fire shot and shell at or into; batter with shot and shell.To attack with missiles of any kind; figuratively, assail vigorously: as, to bombard one with questions.