chicken cannons

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Definition of chicken cannons in English English dictionary

plural form of chicken cannon

Related Terms

chicken cannon

A device used during aircraft testing to discharge bird carcasses into airframes and engines to determine resistance to such impacts

The most unusual thing sold is the chicken cannon, a 10-foot-long pneumatic gun used at a test site to fire dead chickens at aircraft wings.

Hyphenation

chick·en cannons

Turkish pronunciation

çîkın känınz

Pronunciation

/ˈʧəkən ˈkanənz/ /ˈʧɪkən ˈkænənz/