Usually means: Large, historic cannon for projectiles.
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  1. columbiad: Merriam-Webster
  2. Columbiad, columbiad: Wordnik
  3. columbiad: Wiktionary
  4. Columbiad: Dictionary.com
  5. Columbiad, The Columbiad: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Columbiad: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. columbiad: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Columbiad: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. columbiad: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Columbiad: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (Columbiad)

noun:  (military, historical) A form of cannon from the 19th century, mostly used for seacoast protection. It is a large-caliber, smoothbore, muzzle-loading cannon designed for launching shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at both high and low angles of elevation.
noun:  An epic story about the settling of North America by European colonizers in the region that is now the United States of America; and its mythologized growth and development.

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