culverin

Definition of Culverin in English :

1. culverin

a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries

2. culverin

a medieval musket

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Culverin

noun

1.

a long-range medium to heavy cannon used during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries

2.

a medieval musket

noun

1.

a kind of medieval musket

2.

a long, heavy cannon of the 15th-17th cent.

n.

1. An early, crudely made musket.

2. A long heavy cannon used in the 16th and 17th centuries.