culverin

[ kuhl-ver-in ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

culverin

/ ˈkʌlvərɪn /

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

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

C15: from Old French coulevrine, from couleuvre, from Latin coluber serpent

He had in his charge a huge culverin which inflicted great damage on the English.

At one single volley Maître Jean's culverin overthrew the palisade.

You will also, Leroux, mount a culverin on the platform of the mirador, whence we shall command the course of the Gila.

And I don't know this Lady Culverin—never met her in my life!

Bertie (plaintively, after Lady Culverin has left the room).

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