touchable

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They once were functional but they got old, touchholes got corroded, and so we don’t fire them anymore.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2017

The Firemen are here, squirting with their fire-pumps on the Invalides' cannon, to wet the touchholes; they unfortunately cannot squirt so high; but produce only clouds of spray.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

Old cannon, with touchholes almost as big as their muzzles, were looked upon as inestimable treasures.

From Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Barclay fought the Detroit exceedingly well, her guns being most excellently aimed, though they actually had to be discharged by flashing pistols at the touchholes, so deficient was the ship's equipment.

From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Roosevelt, Theodore