demi-culverinn.

/ˌdɛmɪˈkʌlvərɪn/

Etymology: < French demi-coulevrine: see demi- prefix 4 and culverin n.

Obsolete exc. Historical.

A kind of cannon formerly in use, of about 4½ inches bore.

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

murderer1495

curtala1509

minion1513

passe-volant1513

pikmoyane1513

saker1521

base1539

robinet1547

quarter cannon?a1549

bersec1550

murdresarc1550

yetling1558

battardc1565

demi-cannon1577

calabass1578

double curtal1582

demi-culverin1587

rabinet1596

murdering piece1601

drake1627

putter1646

cartow1650

putterlingc1650

minion drakea1661

cut1672

under-saker1678

murther1688

carronade1779

carthoun1849

1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xvi. i. 281 Demie Culuerijn weigheth three thousand pounds.

1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor ii. iii. sig. E4 They had planted me a demy culuering, iust in the mouth of the breach.

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. K5^v One..was exceeding great,..about sixteene foote long, made of brasse, a demy culuerlin.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiv. 70 (table) A demy Culuering.

1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 372 The feild train of artillery in the Tower for Flanders..are to consist of 23 pounders, 10 sakers, and 8 demiculverins.

1772 T. Simes Mil. Guide Demi-culverin. It is a very good field piece.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 685 Demiculverins from a ship of war were ranged along the parapets.

attributive.a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 165 She carries..six iron demiculverin drakes.1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 219 Retiring about Demy Culvering shot behind a Stone Wall.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	demi-culverin
释义	demi-culverinn. /ˌdɛmɪˈkʌlvərɪn/ Etymology: < French demi-coulevrine: see demi- prefix 4 and culverin n. Obsolete exc. Historical. A kind of cannon formerly in use, of about 4½ inches bore. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > small or short pieces murderer1495 curtala1509 minion1513 passe-volant1513 pikmoyane1513 saker1521 base1539 robinet1547 quarter cannon?a1549 bersec1550 murdresarc1550 yetling1558 battardc1565 demi-cannon1577 calabass1578 double curtal1582 demi-culverin1587 rabinet1596 murdering piece1601 drake1627 putter1646 cartow1650 putterlingc1650 minion drakea1661 cut1672 under-saker1678 murther1688 carronade1779 carthoun1849 1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xvi. i. 281 Demie Culuerijn weigheth three thousand pounds. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor ii. iii. sig. E4 They had planted me a demy culuering, iust in the mouth of the breach. View more context for this quotation 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. K5^v One..was exceeding great,..about sixteene foote long, made of brasse, a demy culuerlin. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiv. 70 (table) A demy Culuering. 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 372 The feild train of artillery in the Tower for Flanders..are to consist of 23 pounders, 10 sakers, and 8 demiculverins. 1772 T. Simes Mil. Guide Demi-culverin. It is a very good field piece. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 685 Demiculverins from a ship of war were ranged along the parapets. attributive.a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 165 She carries..six iron demiculverin drakes.1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 219 Retiring about Demy Culvering shot behind a Stone Wall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021). > as lemmas demi-culverin 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.extracted from culverinn. < n.1587 as lemmas
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demi-culverinn.

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