culverinn.

/ˈkʌlvərɪn/

Forms: Also 1500s coulvering, culuerene, culuerijn, 1500s–1600s culvering, 1600s colverin, 1500s–1800s culverine.

Etymology: < French coulevrine (c1400 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter) = Italian colubrina, medieval Latin colubrina, < French couleuvre, Italian colubro snake: compare Latin colubrīnus of the nature of a snake. Names of reptiles were frequently applied to early cannon.

The name of a gun and cannon formerly in use:

a. originally. A small firearm, a kind of hand-gun.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > hand culverin

culverin1489

sclopeta1709

esclopette1824

sclopette1889

c1466 Inventory in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 575 In artilleria, videlicet colubrinas librillas diuersorum magnitudinum.]

1489 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 122 To Qwariour..to pass to Stirling, to get Culuerinis to bring to the felde.

a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 221 A certane French man delivred a coulvering to George Tod, Scottisman, to be stocked.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. iii. 54 He found the gate of Say's Court defended by men with culverins.

1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) I. ii. ii. 491 Armed with..Culverins—a name then applied not, as at a later period, to a species of cannon, but to a rude kind of musket.

1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour xi. 219 The veuglaires, the crapendeaux, the couleuvrines.

b. In later times, a large cannon, very long in proportion to its bore.The length of the ordinary culverin ranged from 10 to 13 ft., the diameter of its bore from 5 to 5¹/ ₂ inches, and the weight of shot from 17 to 20 lbs. bastard culverin, bore 4 in., shot about 7 lbs.; demi-culverin or culverin-moyen, bore 4¹/ ₂ in., shot about 10 lbs.: see demi-culverin n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > large or long pieces

serpentinec1450

culverin1515

headstick1516

slang1521

sling1547

basilisk1549

basilc1565

Roaring Meg1575

serpitanta1578

whole culverin1577

cannon1587

whole-cannon1589

cannon pedro1625

royal mortar1761

Long Tom1812

serpent1830

twelve-incher1909

Big Bertha1914

big boy1917

Lizzie1925

1515 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. I. 260* Twa culuering-myance, gun-stanis, gun-powdir, and certane hacbuschis.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 33 Gunnaris..mak reddy ȝour cannons, culuerene moyens, culuerene bastardis..culuerenis and hail schot.

1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lxi. 148 The Saker, the Demy-Colverin, the Colverin, and demi-Canon (being peeces that reach much further point blanke then the Cannon).

1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour ii. i. 13 O I am calm Sir, calm as a discharg'd Culverin.

1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 714 Wounded in the ancle by a shot from a culverine.

1843 W. H. Ainsworth Tower of London (1864) 58 He..crouched beneath the carriage of a culverin.

c. figurative.

ΚΠ

a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) ii. i. sig. D2 Doe you make me carrier Of your confound-mee's, and your culverings [volleys of oaths]?

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as culverin-bore, culverin-shot, etc.

ΚΠ

1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 12 The Enemies..will descharge Cannon, Culverin and Saker shot.

1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour 64 They lay within Culvering Shot.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 165 Six iron demiculverin drakes, four whole culverin drakes.

1667 Sir R. Moray in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 475 A Gun to be prepared of Culverin-Bore.

C2.

culverin bastard n. originally Scottish (now historical and rare) a small culverin, typically capable of firing projectiles weighing between 8 and 12 pounds (approx. 3.6 and 5.45 kg); = bastard culverin n. at bastard n., adj., and adv. Compounds 1.

ΚΠ

1538 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 414 Culvering bastard.

1852 Colburn's United Service Mag. May 12 The culverin was drawn by seventeen horses, and the culverin-bastard by thirteen horses.

1949 Sc. Hist. Rev. 28 142 The Scots intended to send from Edinburgh to meet the English, two cannons, one culverin moyane, one culverin bastard, one pas volant, and two other large cannon.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	culverin
释义	culverinn. /ˈkʌlvərɪn/ Forms: Also 1500s coulvering, culuerene, culuerijn, 1500s–1600s culvering, 1600s colverin, 1500s–1800s culverine. Etymology: < French coulevrine (c1400 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter) = Italian colubrina, medieval Latin colubrina, < French couleuvre, Italian colubro snake: compare Latin colubrīnus of the nature of a snake. Names of reptiles were frequently applied to early cannon. The name of a gun and cannon formerly in use: a. originally. A small firearm, a kind of hand-gun. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > hand culverin culverin1489 sclopeta1709 esclopette1824 sclopette1889 c1466 Inventory in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 575 In artilleria, videlicet colubrinas librillas diuersorum magnitudinum.] 1489 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 122 To Qwariour..to pass to Stirling, to get Culuerinis to bring to the felde. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 221 A certane French man delivred a coulvering to George Tod, Scottisman, to be stocked. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. iii. 54 He found the gate of Say's Court defended by men with culverins. 1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) I. ii. ii. 491 Armed with..Culverins—a name then applied not, as at a later period, to a species of cannon, but to a rude kind of musket. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour xi. 219 The veuglaires, the crapendeaux, the couleuvrines. b. In later times, a large cannon, very long in proportion to its bore.The length of the ordinary culverin ranged from 10 to 13 ft., the diameter of its bore from 5 to 5¹/ ₂ inches, and the weight of shot from 17 to 20 lbs. bastard culverin, bore 4 in., shot about 7 lbs.; demi-culverin or culverin-moyen, bore 4¹/ ₂ in., shot about 10 lbs.: see demi-culverin n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > large or long pieces serpentinec1450 culverin1515 headstick1516 slang1521 sling1547 basilisk1549 basilc1565 Roaring Meg1575 serpitanta1578 whole culverin1577 cannon1587 whole-cannon1589 cannon pedro1625 royal mortar1761 Long Tom1812 serpent1830 twelve-incher1909 Big Bertha1914 big boy1917 Lizzie1925 1515 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. I. 260* Twa culuering-myance, gun-stanis, gun-powdir, and certane hacbuschis. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 33 Gunnaris..mak reddy ȝour cannons, culuerene moyens, culuerene bastardis..culuerenis and hail schot. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lxi. 148 The Saker, the Demy-Colverin, the Colverin, and demi-Canon (being peeces that reach much further point blanke then the Cannon). 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour ii. i. 13 O I am calm Sir, calm as a discharg'd Culverin. 1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 714 Wounded in the ancle by a shot from a culverine. 1843 W. H. Ainsworth Tower of London (1864) 58 He..crouched beneath the carriage of a culverin. c. figurative. ΚΠ a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) ii. i. sig. D2 Doe you make me carrier Of your confound-mee's, and your culverings [volleys of oaths]? Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as culverin-bore, culverin-shot, etc. ΚΠ 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 12 The Enemies..will descharge Cannon, Culverin and Saker shot. 1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour 64 They lay within Culvering Shot. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 165 Six iron demiculverin drakes, four whole culverin drakes. 1667 Sir R. Moray in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 475 A Gun to be prepared of Culverin-Bore. C2. culverin bastard n. originally Scottish (now historical and rare) a small culverin, typically capable of firing projectiles weighing between 8 and 12 pounds (approx. 3.6 and 5.45 kg); = bastard culverin n. at bastard n., adj., and adv. Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1538 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 414 Culvering bastard. 1852 Colburn's United Service Mag. May 12 The culverin was drawn by seventeen horses, and the culverin-bastard by thirteen horses. 1949 Sc. Hist. Rev. 28 142 The Scots intended to send from Edinburgh to meet the English, two cannons, one culverin moyane, one culverin bastard, one pas volant, and two other large cannon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1489
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