pedrero
noun
pe·dre·ro
pəˈdrə(ə)(ˌ)rō
variants or less commonly paterero or pederero
ˌpätəˈre(ə)(ˌ)rō
ˌpādəˈr-
plural -s
: a piece of chambered ordnance used for throwing chiefly stones and scraps of iron
Word History
Etymology
Spanish pedrero, from Medieval Latin petraria, from Latin, feminine of petrarius of stones, from petra stone (from Greek, rock, stone) + -arius -ary