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culverin

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Scrabble points
13
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18
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈkʌlvəɹɪn/

Definition of culverin

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical)Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery.
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noun

  1. (historical)Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery.
  2. (historical)Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery.
    “Let Sacars, Culuerings, and Cannons ſound / In honour of their bones, and rock the ground / With all your deafning terrors: for behold / The Balſum for your wounds, are rich mens gold, / Powder the world with wonder, and thus crie, / The Camel now may paſſe the needles eie.”
    “This had been discharged from a culverin on the opposite side of the valley.”

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Etymology

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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