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culverins

culverins is the plural of culverin.

Meaning of culverin

Noun

culverin (plural culverins)

  1. (historical) A kind of handgun.
  2. (historical) A large cannon.
    • Let Sacars, Culuerings, and Cannons ſound / In honour of their bones, and rock the ground / With all your deafning terrors: for behold / The Balſum for your wounds, are rich mens gold, / Powder the world with wonder, and thus crie, / The Camel now may paſſe the needles eie.1616, M. Robert Anton, “The Philosophers fovrth Satyr of Mars”, in The Philosophers Satyrs, London: Printed by T[homas] C[reede] and B[ernard] A[lsop] for Roger Iackſon, page 36

Questions about culverins

What is culverins the plural of?
Culverins is the plural of culverin.

Words near culverins in the dictionary

  1. culverin
  2. culverineer
  3. culverineers
  4. culvering
  5. culverings
  6. culverins
  7. culverkey
  8. culverkeys
  9. culvers
  10. culvert
  11. culvertage

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