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culverin definition

cul·verin (kul′vər in)

noun

  1. a kind of medieval musket
  2. a long, heavy cannon of the 15th-17th cent.

Etymology: Fr coulevrine < couleuvre, adder < VL *culobra, for L colubra, a serpent, snake < IE base *(s)kel-, to bend: see colon

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