DEMICULVERIN

Meaning of DEMICULVERIN in English

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Etymology: Middle French demie coulevrine, from demie (feminine of demi half) + coulevrine culverin — more at culverin

: a culverin of about 4 1/2 inches bore for ball of 9 to 13 pounds

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

DEMICULVERIN — (n.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds.
Английский словарь Webster
DEMICULVERIN — ( n. ) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DEMICULVERIN — noun a kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds.
Webster English vocab
WHOLE CULVERIN — noun : a 16th and 17th century culverin throwing a ball of from 40 to 60 pounds — compare demiculverin
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAKER — ˈsākə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sagre, from Middle French sacre, from Arabic ṣaqr 1. : a falcon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAKER — saker 1 /say"keuhr/ , n. an Old World falcon, Falco cherrug, used in falconry. Also called saker falcon . [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEMI-CULVERIN — /dem'ee kul"veuhr in/ , n. a culverin having a bore of about 4 1 / 2 in. (11 cm) and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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