chicken cannon

== English == === Noun === chicken cannon (plural chicken cannons) A device used during aircraft testing to discharge bird carcasses into airframes and engines to determine resistance to such impacts. 2004, Mark Bryant (AP), "Boeing's surplus store is the 747 of garage sales," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 17 Feb: 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. ==== Synonyms ==== chicken gun rooster booster === See also === birdstrike