culverin

[ kuhl-ver-in ]

/ ˈkʌl vər ɪn /

medieval form of musket.

a kind of heavy cannon used in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Origin of culverin

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

Hogshead is a prettier fellow than Culverin, by two quarts; and Culverin than Musquet, by a full pint.

Thackerayana |William Makepeace Thackeray
Sir Mark and his men and Culverin Carr and his men would defend her.

Sweet Mace |George Manville Fenn
Collado, that Spanish mathematician of the sixteenth century, used the culverin ladle as the master pattern (fig. 45).

Artillery Through the Ages |Albert Manucy
If the gunner came across a culverin only 24 calibers long, he must load this piece with only 24/30 of the ball's weight.

Artillery Through the Ages |Albert Manucy

They say he be, mistress, and that he pooked Captain Culverin about her, and the captain was nearly drowned as well.

Sweet Mace |George Manville Fenn

culverin

/ (ˈkʌlvərɪn) /

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

a medieval musket

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