Demiculverin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A medium cannon, slightly larger than a saker and smaller than a culverin. historical

    "It made such a thunderous noise that anyone would have sworn blind they were great siege guns or demi-culverins [translating halbe Carthaunen]."

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"It made such a thunderous noise that anyone would have sworn blind they were great siege guns or demi-culverins [translating halbe Carthaunen]."

Etymology

From demi- + culverin.

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