culverin
noun
- a kind of medieval musket
- a long, heavy cannon of the 15th-17th cent.
See culverin in American Heritage Dictionary 4
cul·ver·in
noun- An early, crudely made musket.
- A long heavy cannon used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Origin: Middle English, from Old French coulevrine, from couleuvre, snake, from Latin colubra, feminine of coluber.
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