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culverin

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cul⋅ver⋅in

  [kuhl-ver-in]
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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 ME < MF coulevrine < L colubrīna, fem. of colubrīnus colubrine
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cul·ver·in   (kŭl'vər-ĭn)   
n.  

  1. An early, crudely made musket.

  2. A long heavy cannon used in the 16th and 17th centuries.


[Middle English, from Old French coulevrine, from couleuvre, snake, from Latin colubra, feminine of coluber.]
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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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