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culverin

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cul·ver·in  (klvr-n)
n.
1. An early, crudely made musket.
2. A long heavy cannon used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
[Middle English, from Old French coulevrine, from couleuvre, snake, from Latin colubra, feminine of coluber.]
culverin [ˈkʌlvərɪn]
n
1. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a long-range medium to heavy cannon used during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries
2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a medieval musket
[from Old French coulevrine, from couleuvre, from Latin coluber serpent]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.culverinculverin - a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries
cannon - a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
2.culverin - a medieval musket
musket - a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen


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With the native sound judgment of the father of a heroine of romance, the von Berlichingen of that day shut his daughter up in his donjon keep, or his oubliette, or his culverin, or some such place, and resolved that she should stay there until she selected a husband from among her rich and noble lovers.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
With the yew bow and cloth-yard shaft at Cressy and Agincourt--with the brown bill and pike under the brave Lord Willoughby--with culverin and demi-culverin against Spaniards and Dutchmen--with hand-grenade and sabre, and musket and bayonet, under Rodney and St.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
The Count Luigi raised money, like the rest, and one mild September morning, armed with battle-ax, portcullis and thundering culverin, he rode through the greaves and bucklers of his donjon-keep with as gallant a troop of Christian bandits as ever stepped in Italy.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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