culverin

American  

[kuhl-ver-in] / ˈkʌl vər ɪn /

noun

1. medieval form of musket.

2. a kind of heavy cannon used in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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culverin British  

/ ˈkʌlvərɪn /

noun

1. a long-range medium to heavy cannon used during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries

2. a medieval musket

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Etymology

Origin of culverin

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French coulevrine < Latin colubrīna, feminine of colubrīnus colubrine

Example Sentences

Cross-Molin, from the Blowbury, followed, Lucky Shot skipped, Coranto wallowed, Then Counter Vair, the declared-to-win, Stable-fellow of Cross-Molin; Culverin last, with Cannonade, Formed rearguard to the grand parade.

From Right Royal by Masefield, John

"To Wright's, to see the end of the great game of billiards—Seller and Culverin, you know; I've two pounds on it."

From The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

"Philosopher," said Captain Culverin, "hob or nob, a glass with you."

From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

Culverin, kul′vėr-in, n. one of the earlier forms of cannon of great length, generally an 18-pounder, weighing 50 cwt.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

"Where the deuce, then, is the use of it?" cried Captain Culverin; "it must be a very odd kind of music which we cannot hear."

From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William