culverin
Meanings
noun
- Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery.
- A kind of handgun.
- A large cannon.
Pronunciation
Word forms
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.
Derived words
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