titan

A rifled shotgun or chokebore rifle from which either shot or a ball cartridge may be fired. … In fortification, the French term for a flanking traverse or epaulement. … A train or series of kites connected to one string and flying tandem, used for attaining great heights and for sending up instruments for meteorological observations or a man for military reconnoi ance. — The angle at any point subtended by any given line. Ordinarily it refers to the angle subtended at any point, by the width of a platoon front, 20 yards at the guns.