Definitions
1.nounAn exception; a reservation; an excuse.
2.nounA concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
3.nounA salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
4.noun(by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
5.nounThe combined cheers of a crowd.