PETRONEL


Meaning of PETRONEL in English

[pet.ro.nel] n [perh. modif. of MF poitrinal, petrinal, fr. poitrinal of the chest, fr. poitrine chest, deriv. of L pector-, pectus--more at pectoral] (ca. 1577): a portable firearm resembling a carbine of large caliber

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