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Definition of culverin in English English dictionary
- A large cannon
- A kind of handgun
- {n} a species of ordnance, a cannon
- a medieval musket
- a medieval musket a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries
- A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles
- a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries
- A culverin
- culver
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Etymology
() From Old French coulevrine, from couleuvre ‘snake’, ultimately from Latin colubra, coluber ‘snake’.Resimler
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