Mar*ron" (?), n. [See Maroon, a.]
1.
A large chestnut.
[Obs.]
Holland.
2.
A chestnut color; maroon.
3. Pyrotechny & Mil.
A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, -- used to make a noise like a cannon.
[Written also
maroon.]
© Webster 1913.