Definition of Culverin. Meaning of Culverin. Synonyms of Culverin

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Definition of Culverin

Culverin
Culverin Cul"ver*in (k?l"v?r-?n), n.[F. coulevrine, prop. fem. of couleuvrin like a serpent, fr. couleuvre adder, fr. L. coluber, colubra.] A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles. Trump, and drum, and roaring culverin. --Macaulay.

Meaning of Culverin from wikipedia

- A culverin was initially an ancestor of the hand-held arquebus, but later was used to describe a type of medieval and Renaissance cannon. The term is derived...
- The demi-culverin was a medium cannon similar to but slightly larger than a saker and smaller than a regular culverin developed in the late 16th century...
- The Napier Culverin was a licensed built version of the Junkers Jumo 204 six-cylinder vertically opposed liquid-cooled diesel aircraft engine built by...
- reptiles, birds or mythical beasts depending on their size. For example, a culverin would often feature snakes, as the handles on the early cannons were often...
- ****anese. "Culverin" was a code name for "Operations against northern Sumatra / Malaya" and "First Culverin" (originally "Junior Culverin") was "Operations...
- demi-culverin drakes, eight to nine feet (2.4 to 2.7 m) long, weighing some 1.9 tons (1900 kg). Then came twenty-two 9.5-foot (2.9 m) culverin drakes...
- demi-cannons; 6 culverins; 6 sakers; 10 minions; 1 falcon; 1 broad falcon firing three shot; 5 culverins. French br**** guns; 2 demi-cannon; 1 culverin; 1 saker;...
- was used more for psychological effect than physical damage. The later culverin was transitional between the handgun and the full cannon, and was used...
- (from Yarrow); Carronade and Claymore (from Scotts); and Crossbow and Culverin (from Thornycroft). The next seven were ordered on 24 April - Cutl**** and...
- order from largest to smallest: the cannon, great culverin, **** culverin, "legitimate" culverin, falcon, and falconet. They are, from largest to smallest:...