† potaron.
Weaponry. Obsolete. rare.
= pedrero n.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > gun for firing stones
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c1700 J. Fraser Chron. Frasers (1905) 374 In the Castle were..28 brass drakes or monkeys, 2 potaros, 800 arms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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