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bastard culverin

noun Military.

a 16th-century cannon, smaller than a culverin, firing a shot of between 5 and 8 pounds (11 and 17.6 kilograms).

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Also called bastard.

Origin of bastard culverin

First recorded in 1540–50

Words nearby bastard culverin

basswood, bast, basta, bastard, bastard amber, bastard culverin, bastard cut, bastard eigne, bastard file, bastard indigo, bastardization
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