| 单词 | culverin bastard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasculverin bastard 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. < as lemmas |
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