culverin.
Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery.
Meaning & usage
Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery. A kind of handgun.
Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery. A large cannon.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English culveryne, from Old French coulevrine, from couleuvre (“snake”) (or from Latin colubrīnus), ultimately from Latin colubra, coluber (“snake”). Doublet of colubrine.
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