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noun
1.
medieval form of musket.
2.
a kind of heavy cannon used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French coulevrine < Latin colubrīna, feminine of colubrīnus colubrine
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French coulevrine < Latin colubrīna, feminine of colubrīnus colubrine
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culverin
medieval cannon of relatively long barrel and light construction. It fired light (8-16-pound [3.6-7.3-kg]) projectiles at long ranges along a flat trajectory.
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